Thomas Docherty is Professor of English at Warwick University. He has published on most areas of English and comparative literature from the renaissance to the present day. He specialises in the philosophy of literary criticism, in critical theory, and in cultural history in relation primarily to European philosophy and literatures. Some of his previous publications include John Donne Undone (Methuen/Routledge, 1986), Postmodernism (Harvester/Columbia UP, 1993), Aesthetic Democracy (Stanford UP, 2006) and The English Question (Sussex Academic, 2008).

'Full marks to this book for topicality...There are many original ideas, many acute observations, many interesting connections...a thorough engagement with the topic.'

• Table of Contents PrefaceIntroduction: for the UniversityChapter 1: First Principles: The University of the IdeaChapter 2: The Student Experience: Living Learning, Living TeachingChapter 3: A terrifying silence: Spaces of Research from Discovery to SurveillanceChapter 4: Leadership: Legitimation and AuthorityChapter 5: Assessment: Controlling ConformityChapter 6: Finance: Money for ValueAppendix: post-Browne 2010

Thomas Docherty is Professor of English at Warwick University. He has published on most areas of English and comparative literature from the renaissance to the present day. He specialises in the philosophy of literary criticism, in critical theory, and in cultural history in relation primarily to European philosophy and literatures. Some of his previous publications include John Donne Undone (Methuen/Routledge, 1986), Postmodernism (Harvester/Columbia UP, 1993), Aesthetic Democracy (Stanford UP, 2006) and The English Question (Sussex Academic, 2008).

'Full marks to this book for topicality...There are many original ideas, many acute observations, many interesting connections...a thorough engagement with the topic.'

• Table of Contents PrefaceIntroduction: for the UniversityChapter 1: First Principles: The University of the IdeaChapter 2: The Student Experience: Living Learning, Living TeachingChapter 3: A terrifying silence: Spaces of Research from Discovery to SurveillanceChapter 4: Leadership: Legitimation and AuthorityChapter 5: Assessment: Controlling ConformityChapter 6: Finance: Money for ValueAppendix: post-Browne 2010