Bill Readings was in the process of making the final revisions to this book when he died in the crash of American Eagle flight 4184. Readings: "revision and conversation" were Bill's way of creating possibilities for thinking together.
Bill Readings was in the process of making the final revisions to this book when he died in the crash of American Eagle flight 4184. Readings: "revision and conversation" were Bill's way of creating possibilities for thinking together.
Bill Readings was in the process of making the final revisions to this book when he died in the crash of American Eagle flight 4184. Readings: "revision and conversation" were Bill's way of creating possibilities for thinking together.
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Foreword by Diane Hartt
Acknolagments
Introduction 1
‘The Idea of Excellence 21
‘The Decline of the Naton-State 4
‘The University within the Limits of Reason 54
‘The University and the Idea of Culture. «2
Literary Culture. 70
(Culture Wars and Cultural Studies. 99
‘The Posthistorcal University 119
‘The Time of Study: 1968 135
‘The Scene of Teaching. 150
Dwelling in the Ruins 166
‘The Community of Dissensus 140
Notes 195
Index 29