Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The university and the public sphere; 2 Higher education and economies of worth; 3 The role of the university in a democracy; 4 Academic authority, trust and reliance; 5 Higher education and citizenship; 6 The ivory tower and public life; 7 The corruption of democracy and education; 8 Implications for policy and practice; 9 Towards a modern democratic society; 10 Concluding remarks: Communicative rationality and the cultural impoverishment of the university; Bibliography; Index
