Professor Bernd Herzogenrath (Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany)
Particularly for the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, for which writing is their lifeblood, the crisis in academic writing has become existential. It is not hard to diagnose the disease, and its causes. This book showcases what we desperately need: radical alternatives, experiments we can try out, ways of writing that don’t just tweak the system but plot a different course altogether. This isn’t just about finding new genres, for these only change the surface appearance without altering the underlying dynamic. Rather, the editor and contributors focus on finding new ways...
Particularly for the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, for which writing is their lifeblood, the crisis in academic writing has becom...