Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 477.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:21:26 +0000
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: fundamental books?
I would very much appreciate recommendations of books or articles you
regard as fundamental to an understanding of each of the following
disciplines or discipinary groups:
Philosophy
History
Social sciences (including at least sociology, anthropology and economics)
Linguistics
Cultural studies
Performance studies
Literary studies
Computer science
In each case I am interested only in works that address an intelligent but
possibly ignorant audience. My guess is that the job could only be done by
a leading figure of the day, e.g. in the case of anthropology, Clifford
Geertz. I am asking the questions: what is each discipline all about? how
does it construct the world? what does it have to offer? I am interested
quite specifically in what each has to offer us in humanities computing,
but I'd rather not eliminate any possibilities at the moment.
If you think I have forgotten a discipline or group for which such a book
or article exists, please let me know.
Many thanks.
Yours,
WM
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