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Universities and the Occult Rituals of the Corporate World: Higher Education and Metaphorical Parallels with Myth and Magic
Contributor(s): Wood, Felicity (Author)

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ISBN: 1138307114     ISBN-13: 9781138307117
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $161.50  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Higher
- Education | Research
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General
Dewey: 371.195
LCCN: 2017057704
Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.10 lbs) 220 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Universities and the Occult Rituals of the Corporate World explores the metaphorical parallels between corporatised, market-oriented universities and aspects of the occult. In the process, the book shows that the forms of mystery, mythmaking and ritual now common in restructured institutions of higher education stem from their new power structures and procedures, and the economic and sociopolitical factors that have generated them.

Wood argues that universities have acquired occult aspects, as the beliefs and practices underpinning present-day market-driven academic discourse and practice weave spells of corporate potency, invoking the bewildering magic of the market and the arcane mysteries of capitalism, thriving on equivocation and evasion. Making particular reference to South African universities, the book demonstrates the ways in which apparently rational features of contemporary Western and westernised societies have acquired occult aspects. It also includes discussion of higher education institutions in other countries where neoliberal economic agendas are influential, such as the UK, the USA, the Eurozone states and Australia.

Providing a unique and thought-provoking look at the impact of the marketisation of Higher Education, this book will be essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students engaged in the study of higher education, educational policy and neoliberalism. It should also be of great interest to academics in the fields of anthropology, folklore and cultural studies, as well as business, economics and management.

 
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