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Davies, B., & Petersen, E. B. (2005). Intellectual workers (un)doing neoliberal discourse. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 13(1), 32–54. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (5/4/26, 10:16 AM) Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (5/4/26, 10:19 AM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published BibTeX citation key: Davies2005 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Academia, Neoliberalism Creators: Davies, Petersen Collection: International Journal of Critical Psychology |
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"In this paper we explore how academics make sense of their current work conditions and in particular how they have been subjected, and have subjected themselves, to neoliberal discourse. Inspired by Richardson (1997), we present an interview with an academic about the impact of neoliberalism on her intellectual work, using poetic representation. We analyse the poetic representation by drawing on several conceptual technologies from poststructural theory, including the idea that power induces rather than merely represses. The paper explores the ambivalent take-up and refusal of neoliberal discourse through an analysis of the ‘infinitesimal mechanisms’ at work on the embodied subject, each with ‘their own history, their own trajectory, their own techniques and tactics’ in subjecting individuals (Foucault, 1980:99). We examine how ‘the mechanisms of power have been – and continue to be – invested, colonised, utilised, involuted, transformed, displaced, extended etc’ (Foucault, 1980:99) through the subjection of individuals in today’s universities."
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References in the abstract:
Foucault, M. (1980). Power/Knowledge. Selected interviews and other writings. Brighton: The Harvester Press. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |