Overview

The famous philosophical conceptions of the Open University from the Enlightenment to postmodern thought are discussed in this book along with the major writings in modern social theory on the university, such as those of Weber, Parsons, Habermas, Gadamer, Lyotard and Bourdieu. In this far reaching contribution to the sociology of knowledge, Delanty views the university as a key institution of modernity and as the site where knowledge, culture and society interconnect. He assesses the question of the crisis of the university with respect to issues such as globalization, the information age, the nation state, academic capitalism, cultural politics and changing relationships between research and teaching. Arguing against the notion of the demise of the university, his argument is that in the knowledge society of today a new identity for the university is emerging based on communication and new conceptions of citizenship. It should appeal to those interested in changing relationships between modernity, knowledge, higher education and the future of the university.

Full Product Details

Author:   DELANTY
Publisher:   Open University Press
Imprint:   Open University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780335205790

ISBN 10:   0335205798
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   16 April 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction challenging knowledge Theoretical perspectives on knowledge and modernity towards a sociology of knowledge The university in the age of liberal modernity between cosmopolitanism and nation state The university in the age of liberal modernity between cosmopolitanism and nation state The university in organized modernity capitalism, the state and citizenship The transformative project democracy, the counter-culture and communication The institutionalization of critique intellectuals, the public sphere and the university Academic power and the limits of critique Bourdieu on the university, power and knowledge The university and the new production of knowledge from the producer to the user Globalization and academic capitalism the new knowledge flows The postmodern university deconstructing knowledge and institutions The new politics of knowledge culture wars, identity and multiculturalism Conclusion knowledge, citizenship and reflexivity References Index.

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Gerard Delanty is Professor of Sociology in the University of Liverpool, UK.

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