The Neoliberal Academic: Illustrating Shifting Academic Norms in an Age of Hyper-Performativity

Autor/in	Macfarlane, Bruce
Titel	The Neoliberal Academic: Illustrating Shifting Academic Norms in an Age of Hyper-Performativity
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53 (2021) 5, S.459-468 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Macfarlane, Bruce)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2019.1684262
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; College Faculty; Ethics; Standards; Values; Authors; Faculty Publishing; Aesthetics; Integrity; Grants; Postmodernism; Faculty Promotion; Research; Professional Recognition; Universities; Competition; Educational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Fakultät; Ethik; Standard; Wertbegriff; Author; Autor; Autorin; Ästhetik; Integrität; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Postmoderne; Forschung; University; Universität; Wettkampf; Bildungsreform
Abstract	Neoliberalism is invariably presented as a governing regime of market and competition-based systems rather than as a set of migratory practices that are re-setting the ethical standards of the academy. This article seeks to explore the way in which neoliberalism is shifting the prevailing values of the academy by drawing on two illustrations: the death of disinterestedness and the obfuscation of authorship. While there was never a golden age when norms such as disinterestedness were universally practiced they represented widely accepted aesthetic ideals associated with academic life. By contrast, neoliberal academics embrace a new set of assumptions and norms that stand in sharp relief to many of the values that were previously espoused. Practices that might have been regarded as ethically dubious by earlier generations of academics, such as grantsmanship, self-justificatory expressions of interestedness and tangential claims to authorship, are now regarded as legitimate and positive virtues in a more aggressive age of hyper-performativity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01