Description
Filip Vostal examines the changing nature of academic time, and analyzes the ‘will to accelerate’ that has emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in knowledge production. Filip Vostal is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Science, Technology, and Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic. Introduction. The Pulse of Modern Academia 1. Thematizing Acceleration 2. Continuity and Change in the Temporal Dynamics of Capitalism 3. Vehicularity: The Idea of the Knowledge Economy 4. Performativity: Competitiveness and Excellence 5. Acceleration in the Academic Life-World 6. Fast Sites: Igniting and Catapulting Knowledge 7. Sociology, Fast and Slow Conclusion. For a Temporal Autonomy of Academia
