Accelerating Academia: The Changing Structure of Academic Time (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy)

Author: Filip Vostal
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Category: Sociology, Teaching Resources & Education, Teaching Resources & Education, Philosophy & Theory Of Education, Philosophy & Theory Of Education, Educational Strategies & Policy, Educational Strategies & Policy, Organization & Management Of Education, Organization & Management Of Education, Teaching Staff, Teaching Staff, Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education, Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education, Universities, Universities, Science: General Issues
Book Format: Paperback

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

Table Of Contents
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
About F. Vostal
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.

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Artist / Author Filip Vostal
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