Affective Capitalism in Academia

Daniel Nehring is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Swansea University. Kristiina Brunila is Professor of Social Justice and Equality in Education at the University of Helsinki, where she directs the research centre AGORA for the Study of Social Justice and Equality in Education.

“This timely book takes the pulse of the current university and showcases, warts and all, its emotional underpinnings. Essential reading for those who care about the future of the university as a critical and independent voice in society.” Mats Benner, Lund University

• 1. Introduction: Academic capitalism and the affective organisation of academic labour - Kristiina Brunila and Daniel NehringPart I: Structures2. The Labour Pains of Academic Capitalism in Crisis - Lew Zipin and Marie Brennan3. Deepened Coloniality, Heightened structuralism: Implications for Intellectual thought and praxis in the Caribbean - Talia Esnard 4. Academic patriarchal (post)liberal capitalism - Demetra TzanakiPart II: Relationships5. The storytelling and storyselling of neoliberal academic work - Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen and Paola Valero6. Exploring the Academic and Affective Leadership in Academia - Kristiina Brunila7. Friendship in academia: the moral economy of academic work - Erika Andersson Cederholm, Carina Sjöholm and Dianne Dredge8. What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker: An uncanny story of contemporary academic life - Mark VicarsPart III: Performance9. Academy in my flesh: Affective athleticism and performative writing - Silvia Gherardi, Michela Cozza and Magnus Hoppe10. Getting Texts Done: Affective Rhythms of Reading in Quantified Academia - Juhana Venäläinen11. Performance Management: Western Universities, Chinese Entrepreneurs, and Students on Stage - Amir Hampel12. What’s the point? A few thoughts instead of a conclusion - Daniel Nehring and Kristiina Brunila