Challenging knowledge : the university in the knowledge society / Gerard Delanty.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenging knowledge -- Theoretical perspectives on knowledge and modernity - towards a sociology of knowledge -- The university in the age of liberal modernity - between cosmopolitanism and nation state -- The university in the age of liberal modernity - between cosmopolitanism and nation state -- The university in organized modernity - capitalism, the state and citizenship -- The transformative project - democracy, the counter-culture and communication -- The institutionalization of critique - intellectuals, the public sphere and the university -- Academic power and the limits of critique - Bourdieu on the university, power and knowledge -- The university and the new production of knowledge - from the producer to the user -- Globalization and academic capitalism - the new knowledge flows -- The postmodern university - deconstructing knowledge and institutions -- The new politics of knowledge - culture wars, identity and multiculturalism -- Knowledge, citizenship and reflexivity.