CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements = ⅶ
Introduction : Challenging Knowledge = 1
1 Knowledge and Cognition : The Sociology of Knowledge Reconsidered = 12
Rethinking the sociology of knowledge = 13
Cognitive shifts and the social theory of modernity = 17
The university and the transformation of knowledge = 22
2 The University in the Age of liberal Modernity : Between Cosmopolitanism and Nation State = 26
The rise of the modern university = 27
Liberal modernity : the nineteenth century = 35
The decline of liberal modernity = 39
3 The University in Organized Modernity : Capitalism, the State and Citizenship = 44
The university and citizenship = 46
The Parsonian theory : the cognitive function of the university = 51
Social change and the university = 56
4 The Transformative Project : Democracy, the Counter-culture and Communication = 59
The crisis of organized modernity : culture and politics = 61
The new German debate on the university : Habermas, Gadamer and Schelsky = 64
The rise of student revolt : Marcuse, Touraine and Riesman = 70
5 The Institutionalization of Critique : Intellectuals, the Public Sphere and the University = 74
Mannheim and Gramsci on intellectuals and modernity = 75
Traditional intellectuals and conservative critique : from Benda to Bloom = 78
Gouldner on the New Class and universities = 79
In search of public intellectuals = 83
6 Academic Power and Cultural Capital : Bourdieu on Knowledge and the University = 88
Education as social reproduction = 89
The fields of power within the university = 93
Reflexivity, the scholastic fallacy and intellectuals = 97
7 The University and the New Production of Knowledge : From the Producer to the User = 101
The end of knowledge? = 103
The new manageralism = 106
The rise of the knowledge user = 108
The separation of teaching and research = 110
Beyond Mode 2 analysis = 112
8 Globalization and Academic Capitalism : The New Knowledge Flows = 115
Globalization, the state and the university = 116
Academic capitalism and the triple helix = 120
The reality of the virtual university? = 126
Cosmopolitanism versus globalization = 128
9 The Postmodern University : Deconstructing Knowledge and Institutions = 130
Postmodernism and knowledge = 131
Postmodern theories of the university = 133
The university in ruins? = 139
10 The New Politics of Knowledge : Culture Wars, Identity and Multiculturalism = 142
Culture wars and the university = 144
The turn to culture and theory = 147
Beyond instrumentalism and relativism = 150
Conclusion : Knowledge, Citizenship and Reflexivity = 152
References = 159
Index = 173
The Society for Research into Higher Education = 176
