Affective Capitalism in Academia
Revealing Public Secrets
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Language
EnglishAbstract
Chapter 9 EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities. With 11 international and comparative case studies, it offers a unique exploration of the contemporary role of affect in academic labour and the organisation of scholarship and explores diverse features of contemporary academic life, from the coloniality of academic capitalism to performance management and the experience of being performance-managed.
Keywords
Academia; Academic labour; Affective capitalism; Counterpolitics; Higher education; Marketisation; Neoliberalism; Power; Social justice; UniversityDOI
10.47674/9781447357865ISBN
9781447357865, 9781447357841, 9781447357858Publisher
Policy PressPublisher website
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/homePublication date and place
2023Classification
Sociology: work and labour
Educational administration and organization
Higher education, tertiary education