Affective Capitalism in Academia: Revealing Public Secrets Andersson Cederholm Erika

Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities. Affect has emerged as a major analytical lens of social research. Moving through 11 international and comparative case studies, it explores diverse features of contemporary academic life, from the coloniality of academic capitalism to performance management and the experience of being performance-managed.

Offering a unique exploration of the contemporary role of affect in academic labour and the organisation of scholarship, this book considers modes of subjectivation, professional and personal relationships and organisational structures and their affective charges. However, it is rarely applied to universities and their marketisation. Chapter 9 is available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND