The Alienated Academic - The Struggle for Autonomy Inside the University (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)

Higher education is increasingly unable to engage usefully with global emergencies, as its functions are repurposed for value. Discourses of entrepreneurship, impact and excellence, realised through competition and the market, mean that academics and students are increasingly alienated from themselves and their work. This book applies Marx's concept of alienation to the realities of academic life in the Global North, in order to explore how the idea of public education is subsumed under the law of value. In a landscape of increased commodification of higher education, the book explores the relationship between alienation and crisis, before analysing how academic knowledge, work, identity and life are themselves alienated. Finally, it argues that through indignant struggle, another world is possible, grounded in alternative forms of organising life and producing socially-useful knowledge, ultimately requiring the abolition of academic labour. This pioneering work will be of interest and value to all those working in the higher education sector, as well as those concerned with the rise of neoliberalism and marketization within universities.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Marxism and Education
Release date:	2019
First published:	2018
Authors:	Richard Hall
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	273
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-006828-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	3-03-006828-5
Barcode:	9783030068288

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