Universities At War

Argues that the university must be a worldly institution, and must exert a genuinely secular force. This book examines how the modern institution has been fundamentally shaped by force - physical, martial, political - from the Great War to the violence of our contemporary post-9/11 world.

Sommario

Introduction: Universities at War
Chapter 1: Force
Chapter 2: Debts and Duties
Chapter 3: Citizens
Chapter 4: Of Government and Governance

Info autore

Thomas Docherty is Professor of the English and Comparative Literary Studies programme at the University of Warwick. 

Relazione

A book that ought to be in the welcome pack for every university student and member of staff: a cogent critique of authoritarianism within the academy and a stirring defence of universities. Mary Evans, Gender Institute, London School of Economics

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Docherty, Tom Doherty, Thomas Docherty
• Con la collaborazione di: Thomas Docherty (Editore)
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.12.2014
• EAN: 9781473907782
• ISBN: 978-1-4739-0778-2
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Sage Swifts; Sage Swifts
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; universities, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher