The Public Value of the Humanities

by Jonathan Bate

Book Overview

Recession is a time for asking fundamental questions about value. At a time when governments are being forced to make swinging savings in public expenditure, why should they continue to invest public money funding research into ancient Greek tragedy, literary value, philosophical conundrums or the aesthetics of design? Does such research deliver "value for money" and "public benefit"? Such questions have become especially pertinent in the UK in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184966062X
• ISBN13: 9781849660624
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"