Affective capitalism in academia revealing public secrets
Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism and eleven international case studies, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities, from the coloniality of academic capitalism to performance management and the experience of being performance-managed.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press
2023.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009844139806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction: academic capitalism and the affective organisation of academic labour
- Structures
- Affective labour pains of academic capitalism in crisis
- Deepened coloniality, heightened structuralism: implications for intellectual thought and praxis in the Caribbean
- Academic patriarchal (post)liberal capitalism
- Relationships
- The storytelling and storyselling of neoliberal academic work
- Exploring the academic and affective leadership in academia
- Friendship in academia: the moral economy of academic work
- What doesn't kill you makes you weaker: an uncanny story of contemporary academic life
- Performance
- Academy in my flesh: affective athleticism and performative writing
- Getting texts done: affective rhythms of reading in quantified academia
- Performance management: Western universities, Chinese entrepreneurs and students on stage
- What's the point? A few thoughts instead of a conclusion
- Index
