Accelerating Academia

The Changing Structure of Academic Time

F. Vostal (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2020 | 2016 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-69257-6 (ISBN)

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Filip Vostal examines the changing nature of academic time, and analyzes the 'will to accelerate' that has emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in knowledge production.

Filip Vostal is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Science, Technology, and Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.

Introduction. The Pulse of Modern Academia
1. Thematizing Acceleration
2. Continuity and Change in the Temporal Dynamics of Capitalism
3. Vehicularity: The Idea of the Knowledge Economy
4. Performativity: Competitiveness and Excellence
5. Acceleration in the Academic Life-World
6. Fast Sites: Igniting and Catapulting Knowledge
7. Sociology, Fast and Slow
Conclusion. For a Temporal Autonomy of Academia

Erscheinungsdatum	19.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Revisited - Perspektiven der Gender und Queer Studies
Zusatzinfo	XI, 242 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Capitalism • higher education • Knowledge • Policy • Sociology
ISBN-10	1-349-69257-3 / 1349692573
ISBN-13	978-1-349-69257-6 / 9781349692576
Zustand	Neuware