Interdisciplinary without disciplines

Authors

  • Nicos Hadjinicolaou Universidad de Creta

Keywords:

Social sciences, History of Art, Interdisciplinariness, Higher Education, Scientific research

Abstract

The concepts of interdiscplinariness and specialization have polarized research and teaching in the field of social sciences over the past century. The present study analyses these contrasting concepts in the context of the history of higher education in western civilization — and especially in North America — and attempts to show how these concepts have been used in the service of corporate interests. We discuss how the humanities have suffered a campaign of discredit, above all in official circles, and measure this trend in indices of the evaluation of “ancient” art, in comparison with “modern” or “contemporary” art over the past 50 years.

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Published

2009-12-19

How to Cite

Hadjinicolaou, N. (2009). Interdisciplinary without disciplines. Cuadernos De Arte De La Universidad De Granada, 40, 13–21. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/caug/article/view/249