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At the Margins of Academia
Exile, Precariousness, and Subjectivity
Series: - International Comparative Social Studies, Volume: 46
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Are displaced and emigrated academics âat riskâ or âin reserveâ? Are political oppression of dissident scholars and economic precarization of academic workforce separate phenomena, or two sides of the same coin? Can the pervasive precariousness in its various forms foster a conversation on shared sensibilities? And, can traumatic experiences like exile and loss eventually lead to a revival of agency?
Based on the authorâs own experiences and on in-depth interviews with the exiled Peace Academics, At the Margins of Academia offers a broad approach to the challenge of academic labor precarity and the growing academic migration from Turkey to European academic labor markets. It provides a detailed analysis of the systemic background of precariousness and the socio-emotional expressions of being kept in reserve, in conjunction with the antinomies of exile.
Based on the authorâs own experiences and on in-depth interviews with the exiled Peace Academics, At the Margins of Academia offers a broad approach to the challenge of academic labor precarity and the growing academic migration from Turkey to European academic labor markets. It provides a detailed analysis of the systemic background of precariousness and the socio-emotional expressions of being kept in reserve, in conjunction with the antinomies of exile.
Aslı Vatansever, Dr. rer. pol. (2010, University of Hamburg) is research fellow at Institute Re:Work, HU Berlin. Her books include Ursprünge des Islamismus im Osmanischen Reich (Hamburg: Dr. Kovac, 2010) and Ne Ders Olsa Veririz. Akademisyenin Vasıfsız Ä°Åçiye DönüÅümü (Ready to Teach Anything, Istanbul: Iletisim, 2015 â co-authored).
âPreface
âPermissions
âAbbreviations
âIntroduction
1 Situating the Issue of Displaced Academics within the Framework of Academic Precarity
â1.1 The Political Economy of Academic Precarity
ââ1.1.1 The Commodification of Academic Labor Force
ââ1.1.2 Precarious Work in Academia
1.2 The Exiled Academics for Peace as a Segment of Academic Surplus Labor Force
â2 Reflections on Precarization, Exile, and Subjectivity
â2.1 Rethinking the Relationship between Precariousness and Subjectivity
â2.2 The Neoliberal Logic of De-subjectivation
â2.3 The Neoliberal Academic Subject
â2.4 The Question of Exile and Re-subjectivation in Relation to Displaced Academics
â3 The âPurgatoryâ of Being Kept in Reserve
â3.1 An Unsettled Life between Trivia and Essentials
â3.2 A Non-place between Turkey and Europe
â3.3 A Non-time between the Past, the Present, and the Future
â3.4 A Non-position between Guest and Exile
4 An Interrupted Mourning
5 The Recovery of the Will: Limits, Opportunities, and Challenges
âConclusion
âAfterword
âAppendix 1 Questionnaire
âAppendix 2 List of Interviewees
âAppendix 3 List of Participants and Topics of the Focus Group Meeting on 11 July 2017
âReferences
âIndex
âPermissions
âAbbreviations
âIntroduction
1 Situating the Issue of Displaced Academics within the Framework of Academic Precarity
â1.1 The Political Economy of Academic Precarity
ââ1.1.1 The Commodification of Academic Labor Force
ââ1.1.2 Precarious Work in Academia
1.2 The Exiled Academics for Peace as a Segment of Academic Surplus Labor Force
â2 Reflections on Precarization, Exile, and Subjectivity
â2.1 Rethinking the Relationship between Precariousness and Subjectivity
â2.2 The Neoliberal Logic of De-subjectivation
â2.3 The Neoliberal Academic Subject
â2.4 The Question of Exile and Re-subjectivation in Relation to Displaced Academics
â3 The âPurgatoryâ of Being Kept in Reserve
â3.1 An Unsettled Life between Trivia and Essentials
â3.2 A Non-place between Turkey and Europe
â3.3 A Non-time between the Past, the Present, and the Future
â3.4 A Non-position between Guest and Exile
4 An Interrupted Mourning
5 The Recovery of the Will: Limits, Opportunities, and Challenges
âConclusion
âAfterword
âAppendix 1 Questionnaire
âAppendix 2 List of Interviewees
âAppendix 3 List of Participants and Topics of the Focus Group Meeting on 11 July 2017
âReferences
âIndex
The book may be of interest for anyone who is willing to grasp the dynamics of the forced intellectual migration from Turkey to Europe at the moment. It would also appeal to a broader audience that is interested in the issues of exile and intellectuals in the general sense.