Alienated Academic

Richard Hall is Professor of Education and Technology at De Montfort University, UK, and a UK National Teaching Fellow.

“I believe this book to be written for a specific audience, one that is, just like academia in the UK continues to be, predominantly white and male. … the book appears to be a significant contribution in understanding the alienation of academics, the role academic labour plays in it, and how a categorical critique of the nature of academic labour is crucial to move beyond it.” (Svenja Helmes, Pedagogy, Culture & Society, February 11, 2020)“It covers a lot of ground in 270 pages, drawing widely from contemporary Marxist theory as well as an extensive engagement with Marx’s original work. It provides a useful survey of the concept of alienation and argues for the continuing and contemporary relevance of Marxist theory and its basic categories of labour, value, the commodity, subsumption and soon. … For these reasons, this is a unique and ground-breaking monograph in the field of critical university studies.” (Joss Winn, Postdigital Science and Education, January, 2, 2019)​

• Chapter 1. Awakenings.- PART I. The Terrain of Academic Labour.- Chapter 2. Crisis.- Chapter 3. Alienation.- PART II. The Terrain of Academic Alienation.- Chapter 4. Knowledge.- Chapter 5. Profession.- Chapter 6. Weltschmerz.- Chapter 7. Identity.- PART III. A Terrain for Overcoming Alienation.- Chapter 8. Indignation.- Chapter 9. Autonomy.