ABSTRACT
In his widely cited book on The Idea of the University, Karl Jaspers-one of the most influential intellectuals of the German post-war period who had survived the Nazi-terror with his reputation intact-discussed the relations between state and university in the following terms:
. . . the relations between state and university are almost always tense, often marked by open conflict. The state has easily the upper hand over the university and can in fact destroy it. For without the state the university is helpless.1
