Introduction: Universities at War
Chapter 1: Force
Chapter 2: Debts and Duties
Chapter 3: Citizens
Chapter 4: Of Government and Governance
Thomas Docherty is Professor of the English and Comparative Literary Studies programme at the University of Warwick.
An impassioned and controversial exploration of the future of the university. On one side are self-proclaimed modernisers who view the institution as vital to national economic success, its principles of private and personal enrichment necessary conditions of 'progress'. On the other side the university is about extending human possibilities and freedoms, seeking earnestly for social justice, and participating in democracy. This book analyses the former position, and argues for the necessity of taking sides with the latter.