The Idea of the University: Histories and Contexts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781138055384)

Debaditya Bhattacharya teaches literature at Kazi Nazrul University, India. He has previously taught at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, India (2010-2012), Central University of South Bihar, India (2013-2015) and Nivedita College, University of Calcutta, India (2015-2018). Debaditya's doctoral work engaged with the relationship between literature and death, and with specific reference to the testimonial speech-act. He researches on continental philosophy, and writes on contemporary modes of political articulation as well as practices of mobilization in the Indian context. His current interests cohere around a social-economic history of higher education, with specific attention to Indian policy-contexts. He is co-editor of Sentiment, Politics, Censorship: The State of Hurt (2016).