Spolander, Gary, Garcia, Maria Lúcia T., Frizzera Delboni, Tânia Mara Zanotti Guerra, Teixeira, Rafael V., Khalil-Babatunde, Mouzayian and Adefila, Arinola (2022) Academic activism in higher education : a dialectic of resistance and surrender in a time of neoliberalism. Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, 4 (2). pp. 61-86. doi:10.3726/PTIHE.022022.0006 ISSN 2578-5753.

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Abstract

The historical, cultural, political, and economic contexts of academic activism have been marked by the structural crises of capitalism, which, along with the emergence of neoliberalism, have sought to change the Academy and disciplines. The disciplinary impacts of neoliberal policies outside and within the academy have all influenced students, academics, and management in differing ways. Furthermore, academic activism in higher education requires a debate on the function of education, the role of the university along with disciplines, and exploration of the importance of ideology in relation to human emancipation or alienation. So too this debate should consider whether academia and activism occupy separate worlds in a discursive strategy to disqualify the legitimacy, cogency, or efficacy of academic activism. The economic and managerial consolidation of the neoliberal university has intensified the challenges of activism and resistance within academic disciplines as well as for individuals. This paper aims to explore the legacy of neoliberal change within academia, identifying the opportunities and need for activism within the Academy. Using an argumentative literature review supported by the critical reflection of the authors’ experiences within the academy in Brazil and the UK, we explore the contemporary challenge and the need to utilise the contradictions of the current system to work collaboratively and to be engaged as public intellectuals.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory L Education > LA History of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Education, Higher -- Political aspects, Neoliberalism -- Education (Higher), Social justice and education, Critical pedagogy
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education
Publisher:	Peter Lang Academic Publishing Group
ISSN:	2578-5753
Official Date:	1 January 2022
Dates:	Date Event 1 January 2022 Published
Volume:	4
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 61-86
DOI:	10.3726/PTIHE.022022.0006
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	20 February 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	20 February 2023

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