Academic charisma and the origins of the research university / William Clark.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2006], ©2006.

662 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Prologue. Charisma and rationalization -- pt. 1. Tradition, rationalization, charisma. On the dominion of the author and the legible. The lecture catalog ; The lecture and the disputation ; The examination ; The research seminar ; The doctor of philosophy ; The appointment of a professor ; The library catalogue -- pt. 2. Narrative, conversation, reputation. On the ineluctability of the voice and the oral. Academic babble and ministerial machinations ; Ministerial hearing and academic commodification ; Academic voices and the ghost in the machine -- Epilogue. The research university and beyond.

Includes bibliographical references and index.