The University Unthought : Notes for a Future

Introduction What 'Use' is the Liberal RuseDebating the 'Idea' of the University Debaditya Bhattacharya Part I: Beyond Nostalgias 1. The Provocations of the Public University in Contemporary India Janaki Nair 2. Decolonizing the University Aditya Nigam 3. The Crisis of the Public University Supriya Chaudhuri Part II: 'Cultures' of Thinking and Doing 4. The Idea of a University and the Invention of Culture in Colonial/Post-colonial India Mosarrap Hossain Khan 5. Scientific Research Productivity in the Indian University Sector Dhruba J. Saikia and Rowena Robinson 6. In Search of a Scientific Public Sphere Shobhit Mahajan Part III: Imagining An 'Other' University 7. What if, the University is a Parrot's Training Anup Dhar 8. Academic Freedom and the Ownership of Knowledge Lawrence Liang 9. Between Disciplines and Interdisciplines: The University of In-discipline Debaditya Bhattacharya Part IV: Drafting Manifestos for Change 10 . The Commoditization of Education Prabhat Patnaik 11. Neoliberal Savagery and the Assault on Higher Education as a Democratic Public Sphere Henry A. Giroux 12. The University in Question Ari Sitas 13. Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy: Staking a Claim Against the Macrostructural Unconscious Peter McLaren