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Academe Degree Zero - Reconsidering the Politics of Higher Education (Paperback)
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Academe Degree Zero - Reconsidering the Politics of Higher Education (Paperback)
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Demythologizing contemporary higher education has become a priority
for committed twenty-first century academics. Today, the economic
and political dimensions of universities are among the most hotly
and highly contested topics in higher education--particularly among
humanities scholars. It is currently not uncommon to find
standing-room-only sessions at MLA (Modern Language Association) or
ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) meetings for
presentations on the corporate university or the fate of tenure,
while sessions on traditional literary topics see sparse
attendance. Indeed, one of the major ramifications of the rise of
cultural studies in the humanities is the normalization of
meta-professional scholarship among committed scholars.Literary
theorist and philosopher Jeffrey R. Di Leo has for many years been
one of leading voices in the burgeoning and pioneering field of
meta-professional humanities scholarship. Through numerous essays,
and many edited books and journal issues, Di Leo's
cross-disciplinary humanities work has consistently been at the
edge of current thinking, and has been at the forefront of efforts
to lay bare contemporary academic life. "Academe Degree Zero"
consists of a collection of ten essays that identify and critically
examine a number of important meta-professional issues facing
higher education today. These issues include: the nature and limits
of anonymity in academic discourse, the ways in which affiliation
and prestige temper academic judgment, and the role of collegiality
in academic life.Collectively, the essays in this book provide a
snapshot of academic identity and relations in a time of major
technological and economic transformation, most notably, the
increased use of electronic media in higher education for both the
dissemination of scholarship and classroom instruction, and the
corporatization of higher education.
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