The "New Spirit of Academic Capitalism" Can Scientists Create Generative Critique From Within?
The "New Spirit of Academic Capitalism" Can Scientists Create Generative Critique From Within? Normal 0 false false false EN US JA X NONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable {mso style name:"Table Normal" mso tstyle rowband size:0; mso tstyle colband size:0; mso style noshow:yes; mso style priority:99; mso style parent:" mso padding alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso para margin:0cm; mso para margin bottom:.0001pt; mso pagination:widow orphan; font size:12.0pt; font family:Cambria; mso ascii font family:Cambria; mso ascii theme font:minor latin; mso hansi font family:Cambria; mso hansi theme font:minor latin; Abstract: The 21 st century university is a contested site of neoliberal transformation. Its role is moving away from that of a hub of culture, knowledge and critique to that of a provider of skills and employability for the market. The move towards a lean business model in the management of knowledge production is not an isolated phenomenon, but integral to the shifting economic, political and moral landscapes of global capitalism and the knowledge society. The literature discussing the changes in higher education, which could be collectively termed "critical studies of academia" remains fragmented and is yet to yield tangible resistance or envision viable alternative models of academic governance. This article discusses the possibility of generating constructive critique of "the new spirit of academic capitalism" from within. French Convention Theory is employed as a conceptual toolbox for unpacking the worlds of worth, conventions and justifications which operate beneath the surface of the marketisation, acceleration and casualisation of scientific labour and suggested as a potential tool for building a generative sociology of critique. Keywords: convention theory; higher education; neoliberalism; marketisation; "new spirit of academic capitalism" sociology of critique ,Novy duch akademickeho kapitalismu" Mohou vedci vytvorit generativni kritiku zevnitr? Abstrakt: Univerzita 21. stoleti je mistem napadenym neoliberalni transformaci. Stava se dodavatelkou dovednosti a pracovni sily. Zaroven tim opousti svoje postaveni hlavniho spolecenskeho ohniska kultury, poznani a kritiky. Tento posun ke zestihlenemu obchodnimu modelu, ktery je vlastni produkci vedeni, vsak neni izolovanym jevem je soucasti menicich se ekonomickych, politickych a moralnich krajin globalniho kapitalismu a spolecnosti vedeni. Literatura analyzujici tyto zmeny lze ji souhrnne nazvat jako "kriticka studia akademie" vsak zustava roztristena a zatim nenabizi skutecnou rezistenci nebo predstavy zivotaschopnych alternativnich modelu akademickeho vladnuti a spravy (governance) Tento clanek pojednava o moznosti formulovani konstruktivni kritiky "noveho ducha akademickeho kapitalismu" a to zevnitr samotne akademie. Francouzska teorie konvenci je vyuzita jako sada koncepcnich nastroju k analyze hodnotovych svetu, konvenci a zpusobu ospravedlneni lezicich pod povrchem marketizace, zrychleni a nestalosti podminek vedecke prace. Clanek tez tvrdi ze teorie konvenci predstavuje potencialni instrument vhodny ke konstrukci generativni sociologie kritiky. Klicova slova: teorie konvence; vyssi vzdelavani; neoliberalismus; marketizace; "novy duch akademickeho kapitalismu" sociologie kritiky