“A strange modernity”: On the contradictions of the neoliberal university

  • Martin A. Mills University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Abstract

While many commentators see neoliberalism as a monolithic force changing universities into businesses, in reality its shared veneer of rhetorical vocabulary obscures profound and irresolvable practical contradictions – contradictions that make university life impossible, even in “business” terms.
Published
2017-07-18
How to Cite
Mills, M. (2017) “‘A strange modernity’: On the contradictions of the neoliberal university”, Anuac, 6(1), pp. 47-52. doi: 10.7340/anuac2239-625X-2980.
Section
Forum: Anthropologists Witnessing and Reshaping the Neoliberal Academy