Docherty, Thomas (2018) The new treason of the intellectuals. Manchester scholarship online . Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526132741

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Abstract

The university is under threat. For forty years this indispensable democratic institution has been systematically betrayed by governments and the political class, who have redirected it from its proper social and cultural functions through a relentless programme of financialisation. Taking his cue from Julien Benda's classic polemical essay of 1927, Thomas Docherty exposes the forces behind modern university 'reform'. He demonstrates that the sector has been politicised and now works explicitly to advance a market-fundamentalist ideology that drives an ever-widening wedge between ordinary citizens and the privileged and wealthy. Against this, the intellectual and the university have an urgent duty to extend democracy and social justice. Looking to the future, Docherty concludes the book with seven hypotheses towards a manifesto and calls on intellectuals everywhere to assist in the survival of the species.

Item Type:	Book
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Series Name:	Manchester scholarship online
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:	Manchester
ISBN:	9781526132741
Official Date:	June 2018
Dates:	Date Event June 2018 Published
Number of Pages:	232
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Related URLs:	Other

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