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The Public Value of the Humanities


Author: Jonathan Bate
Source: Directory of Open Access Books
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9781849662451
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Why should governments invest public money funding research into ancient Greek tragedy or philosophical conundrums? Does such research deliver 'value for money' and 'public benefit'? In this book a group of distinguished humanities researchers reflect on the public value of their discipline, using particular research projects as case-studies.