Knowledge Monopolies: The Academisation of Society Alan Shipman and Marten Shipman 96 pages £8.95/$17.90 1845400283 (pbk.) January 2006 Available at reduced (subscription) price via: essays in political and cultural criticism Search Inside the Book at Amazon.com Search Inside the Book at Amazon.co.uk order your copy Table of Contents Chapter 1 (Sample Chapter)

Historians and sociologists chart the consequences of the expansion of knowledge; philosophers of science examine the causes. This book bridges the gap. The focus is on ‘academisation’ — the paradox whereby, as the general public becomes better educated to live and work with knowledge, the ‘academy’ increases its intellectual distance from the public, so that the nature of social and natural reality becomes more rather than less obscure.

"A must read." Public (The Guardian)

"Forces the reader to reflect further on academic life and the role academia should play within modern society."  Tobias Jung, Political Studies Review

"A deep and searching look at the successes and failures of higher education in the contemporary world . . . a clarion call."  The Commonwealth Lawyer

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