Making sense of the university : a manifesto for our times / Debaditya Bhattacharya

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhattacharya, Debaditya, author.

Series:

South Asia in the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Political aspects--India.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Political aspects--India.

Universities and colleges.

Education, Higher--Political aspects.

Universities and colleges--Political aspects.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Debating the 'publicness' of the public university provokes the following questions: what lies in common between the university and the communities it excludes? What is the place of non-secular knowledges within the secular-modern instance of the university? How does the university solidarise with publics that never find place within it? Does academic freedom imply freedom against public opinion? This book looks at the current fortunes of the public university in India to call for a deep historical examination. It argues that perhaps the university's pursuit of 'thought' has not been as successful as we have imagined. The history of the public university might give us a cue for understanding the rise of authoritarian tendencies across the world"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Prologue : the Indian context

Introduction : where is the university’s publicness?

The university and community

The university and secularity

The university and solidarity

The university and freedom

Conclusion : the university, undone

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 16, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Bhattacharya, Debaditya Making sense of the university

ISBN:

9781009722292

1009722298

9781009722339

1009722336

OCLC:

1592133496

Publisher Number:

CIPO000381807

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license