Description
| Product ID: | 9781137440426 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Humanities Computing |
| Authors: | Author: W. McCarty |
| Page Count: | 311 |
| Subjects: | Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Literature & literary studies, Literary theory, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Media studies, Computer hardware, Literary theory, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Media studies, Computer hardware |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Humanities Computing provides a rationale for a computing practice that is of and for as well as in the humanities and the interpretative social sciences. Humanities Computing provides a rationale for a computing practice that is of and for as well as in the humanities and the interpretative social sciences. It engages philosophical, historical, ethnographic and critical perspectives to show how computing helps us fulfil the basic mandate of the humane sciences to ask ever better questions of the most challenging kind. It strengthens current practice by stimulating debate on the role of the computer in our intellectual life, and outlines an agenda for the field to which individual scholars across the humanities can contribute. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-09-20 |
