Affective Capitalism in Academia: Revealing Public Secrets

Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities. Moving through 11 international and comparative case studies, it explores diverse features of contemporary academic life, from the coloniality of academic capitalism to performance management and the experience of being performance-managed.

Affect has emerged as a major analytical lens of social research. However, it is rarely applied to universities and their marketisat...