Prologue. Charisma and rationalization
pt. 1. Tradition, rationalization, charisma. On the dominion of the author and the legible. The lecture catalog ; The lecture and the disputation ; The examination ; The research seminar ; The doctor of philosophy ; The appointment of a professor ; The library catalogue
pt. 2. Narrative, conversation, reputation. On the ineluctability of the voice and the oral. Academic babble and ministerial machinations ; Ministerial hearing and academic commodification ; Academic voices and the ghost in the machine
Epilogue. The research university and beyond.