This article explores the history of the university as a modern social institution through the epistemological framework of crisis. Starting from the historical understanding that the university has always‐already been in the throes of crisis, and that such crisis (or crises) are cemented into the conceptual architecture of both the university itself and the inherently promiscuous nature of knowledge in society, this exploration of the university in crisis endeavors to show how crisis is as old as knowledge itself. Building on the insights of such social theorists and historians of the university as Samuel Weber, Bill Readings, Jean‐Francois Lyotard, and Gregg Lambert, my hope is to draw out from these writers the intellectual sustenance that is sorely needed (and largely lacking) in today’s discourse on the “university of crisis.”

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危机大学

本文通过危机的认识论框架探讨了大学作为现代社会机构的历史。从历史上的认识开始，即大学一直以来一直处于危机的痛苦之中，并且这种危机（一种或多种危机）被巩固到了大学本身的概念体系和社会知识固有的混杂性质中，这种探索处于危机中的这所大学的学生努力展示危机与知识本身一样古老。基于塞缪尔·韦伯（Samuel Weber），比尔·雷丁斯（Bill Readings），让·弗朗西斯·利奥塔（Jean-Francois Lyotard）和格雷格·兰伯特（Gregg Lambert）等大学的社会理论家和历史学家的见识，我希望从这些作家中汲取迫切需要（并且很大程度上缺乏）的智力支持。在今天关于“危机大学”的论述中。