<p>"To think critically about disciplines--as rich intellectual traditions and supple devices for producing new knowledge rather than as restraining orders and fusty conventions--requires not only uncommon discrimination but also a good measure of contrarian brilliance. <i>Disciplinarity at the Fin de Siècle</i> fits that bill remarkably. The essays collected here will serve to remind readers where our disciplines came from and why they remain, on balance, good things to think with."<b>--Michael Bérubé</b></p>
