Two Democratic Cheers for the University Müller, Jan-Werner Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-09-16 eng
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 My plea here is for modesty on both levels when it comes to claims about the connection between democracy and universities – and for resisting a kind of overclaiming which might be especially tempting when aspiring autocrats are so obviously attempting to damage both core democratic institutions and academia at the same time. More particularly, I want to show that three well-known arguments for connecting academia and democracy are in many ways plausible – but also have significant downsides, if pushed too far, or need to be at least somewhat qualified. CC BY-SA 4.0 Müller, Jan-Werner 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/two-democratic-cheers-for-the-university/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/77117b530e403784 260916 10.59704/77117b530e403784 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)