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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.
List 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 the author
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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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.
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“The present-day university has become a hot topic in several sociology, anthropology and philosophy subfields. Filip Vostal’s debut monograph on the institutional transformations and subjective experiences of (social) scientists at universities is a welcome addition to the burgeoning interdisciplinary area of critical studies of science, higher education and academia.” (Milena Kremakova, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 31 (2), March, 2018)
“I recommend Vostal’s book highly. He gives us considered, inquiring reflections across a broad literature on neoliberalism and speed at universities, and is critical, fair and constructive. The empirical research is limited by the range of interviewees, but provides revealing information that brings a fuller picture and is the foundation for further research that is more inclusive. Vostal’s work is a basis for pursuing solutions and alternatives.” (Luke Martell, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, August, 2017)
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"The present-day university has become a hot topic in several sociology, anthropology and philosophy subfields. Filip Vostal's debut monograph on the institutional transformations and subjective experiences of (social) scientists at universities is a welcome addition to the burgeoning interdisciplinary area of critical studies of science, higher education and academia." (Milena Kremakova, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 31 (2), March, 2018)
"I recommend Vostal's book highly. He gives us considered, inquiring reflections across a broad literature on neoliberalism and speed at universities, and is critical, fair and constructive. The empirical research is limited by the range of interviewees, but provides revealing information that brings a fuller picture and is the foundation for further research that is more inclusive. Vostal's work is a basis for pursuing solutions and alternatives." (Luke Martell, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, August, 2017)
