The Age of Knowledge emphasizes that the ongoing transformations of
knowledge, both within universities and for society more generally, must
be understood as a reflection of the larger changes in the constitutive
social structures within which they are invariably produced, translated,
and reproduced. As the development of knowledge continues to be
implicated in the habitual practices of the human social enterprise,
visualizing these alterations requires consideration of the social and
materialistic contexts informing these transformations. This is
necessary because the process of globalization has not only created new
challenges for societies but has also unleashed a new political economy
of knowledge within which different institutions must reaffirm their
identity and place.