This book argues that a critical understanding of dark academe is vital to the futures of democracy and education. Drawing upon contemporary literary and cultural theory, particularly, affect theory, queer epistemology, and critical race theory as well as critiques of capitalism and accounts of the death drive, it builds a case for identifying dark academe as anything that prohibits the pursuit of democratic education and critical citizenship. It also argues that dark times require a reassessment of the ways theory and knowledge are approached in the humanities. This is necessary if the aim is to truly understand the darkness at the heart of the higher education today. Dark academe works to negate education and learning by continuously telling us that the quest for knowledge is empty, and the pursuit of critique is blind. In this educational darkness, the death drive of neoliberal academe becomes a force that works against intellectual transformation and the deepening of critical sights.
| ISBN: | 9783031563539 |
| Publication date: | 29th April 2025 |
| Author: | Jeffrey R Di Leo |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 252 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies on Global Policy and Critical Futures in Education |
| Genres: |
Higher education, tertiary education Occupational and industrial psychology Educational strategies and policy Fiction |
This book argues that a critical understanding of dark academe is vital to the futures of democracy and education. Drawing upon contemporary literary and cultural theory, particularly, affect theory, queer epistemology, and critical race theory as well as critiques of capitalism and accounts of the death drive, it builds a case for identifying dark academe as anything that prohibits the pursuit of democratic education and critical citizenship. It also argues that dark times require a reassessment of the ways theory and knowledge are approached in the humanities. This is necessary if the aim is to truly understand the darkness at the heart of the higher education today. Dark academe works to negate education and learning by continuously telling us that the quest for knowledge is empty, and the pursuit of critique is blind. In this educational darkness, the death drive of neoliberal academe becomes a force that works against intellectual transformation and the deepening of critical sights.
Dark Academe features in the following genres: Higher education, tertiary education, Occupational and industrial psychology, Educational strategies and policy, Fiction
Dark Academe is available in Paperback
Dark Academe was written by Jeffrey R Di Leo and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland
Dark Academe has 252 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies on Global Policy and Critical Futures in Education series
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