Dark Academe: Capitalism, Theory, and the Death Drive in Higher Education

by Jeffrey R. Di Leo

This book argues that a critical understanding of dark academe is vital to the futures of democracy and education. Drawing upon contemporary literary and cultural theory, particularly, affect theory, queer epistemology, and critical race theory as well as critiques of capitalism and accounts of the death drive, it builds a case for identifying dark academe as anything that prohibits the pursuit of democratic education and critical citizenship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031563506
• ISBN13: 9783031563508
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"