written by Jacques Derrida
shared by sean on August 26th, 2007 at 12:38 am
This is an audio lecture from October 1999 at SUNY Albany (running time 2 hours 6 minutes). Admittedly, I am only listening to this now, but topics include academic labor, politics of virtual space, and the possible futures of the university. From what I understand, the “unconditional university” is unconditional in several ways: releasing the university from supply-demand chain (from its use value); to unconditionally question its own limits and foundations (which is not the same as simple academic freedom); and motivates professors through the somewhat Ballardian appeal to one’s passions, to invention, discovery, and fiction.
(See: pedagogical models)