{"product_id":"after-the-university-higher-education-and-the-future-of-intellectual-work-hardcover","title":"After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChad Wellmon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the pursuit of knowledge is eclipsed by money and power, what remains of higher learning?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is a university for? Is it a sanctuary for disciplined study, or has it become something else entirely? In \u003ci\u003eAfter the University\u003c\/i\u003e, Chad Wellmon traces the long and often uneasy relationship between higher learning and the institutions that claim to protect it. Moving from the guilds of medieval Paris and the knowledge factories of Enlightenment-era Göttingen to the research empires of Berlin and Berkeley, Wellmon shows how the modern university has repeatedly reshaped itself to serve shifting social and political demands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross centuries, the goods of disciplined study--the joy of reading, the virtues of intellectual rigor, and the possibility of self-formation--have been overshadowed by the pursuit of external rewards such as money, prestige, and power. Part institutional history and part philosophical reflection, After the University examines how today's institutions defend themselves not in the name of learning but in the language of productivity, innovation, and economic utility. Drawing on his experiences as a scholar, teacher, administrator, and witness to crises such as white supremacist marches and the COVID-19 pandemic, Wellmon illustrates how universities justify themselves through the outputs of graduates, research discoveries, and workforce training while leaving unmentioned the very practices that once defined them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite this transformation, Wellmon argues that the university's current state of turmoil exposes a new, enticing possibility: recognizing the practices of disciplined study as goods worth valuing in and of themselves rather than simply as means to other ends. With insight and urgency, \u003ci\u003eAfter the University \u003c\/i\u003easks whether our institutions can still nurture intellectual desire--or whether we must find new homes for the life of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChad Wellmon\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of German at the University of Virginia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrganizing Enlightenment: Information Overload and the Invention of the Modern Research University\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePermanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 9.3 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48711317913849,"sku":"9781421454351","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RMh48Jd7i_9781421454351.webp?v=1784981631","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/after-the-university-higher-education-and-the-future-of-intellectual-work-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}