The Digital Revolution and the Coming of the Postmodern University

Concerning the changing shape of the university, this book sets out the social, historical and philosophical aspects of the current digital transformation of education.

Carl Raschke is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Denver. He writes for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Wallstreet Journal, and has appeared regularly on TV programmes like 'Good Morning America' and other talk shows.

Preface 1. Higher Education and the Postmodern Condition 2. The Third Knowledge Revolution and the Coming of the Hyperuniversity 3. From Medieval Caravan to Information Superhighway: The New Epistemology of Learning 4. The Internet Protocol and the Emergence of a Digital Learning Architecture 5. Beyond Education: The Age of Transaction and the 'Scene' of Digital Learning 6. Hypertextuality and the New Terrain of Liberal Learning 7. Postmodernist Premises 8. The Global University 9. Knowledge