Von der Universität

Against a higher education that merely handed down the privileges of the ruling classes, there arose the image of a community of teachers and learners devoting themselves to knowledge freely and without ulterior motive. This image still shapes many who teach and study at universities today – even though reality has long since moved far away from it.

Jossa asks about the role of professors and students, about what should be taught and how it is taught. He writes about selection and professional ethos, about the notion of excellence, and about a technological stupefaction that has become a state of mind. A book of remembrance of the university of earlier generations, and a reflection on the university of those to come.