The Edited Collection
Pasts, Present and Futures
Published on 24. June 2020
978-1-108-65000-7 (ISBN)
Description
Edited collections are widely supposed to contain lesser work than scholarly journals; to be incoherent as volumes, no more than the sum of their parts; and to be less visible to potential readers once published. It is also often taken as axiomatic that those who make decisions in relation to hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding do so agree. To publish in or edit an essay collection is thought to risk being penalised for the format before even a word is read. After examining the origins of this critique, this Element explores the modern history of the edited collection and the particular roles it has played. It examines each component part of the critique, showing that they are either largely unfounded or susceptible of solution. It proposes the edited collection as a model of one possible idea of scholarly community: collaboration, trust, and mutual obligation in pursuit of a wider good.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Worked examples or Exercises
File size
0,60 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-65000-7 (9781108650007)
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06/2020
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. Pasts; 3. The present; 4. Conclusion: the future.
