At the margins of academia : : exile, precariousness, and subjectivity / / by Aslı Vatansever.

• Superior document: International comparative social studies ; Volume 46
• VerfasserIn: Vatansever, Aslı, 1980-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: International comparative social studies ; Volume 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Are displaced and emigrated academics “at risk” or “in reserve”? 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 author’s 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.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Situating the Issue of Displaced Academics within the Framework of Academic Precarity -- 1.1. The Political Economy of Academic Precarity -- 1.1.1. The Commodification of Academic Labor Force -- 1.1.2. Precarious Work in Academia -- 1.2. The Exiled Academics For Peace as a Segment of Academic Surplus Labor Force -- 2. Reflections on Precarization, Exile, and Subjectivity -- 2.1. Rethinking the Relationship between Precariousness and Subjectivity -- 2.2. The Neoliberal Logic of De-Subjectivation -- 2.3. The Neoliberal Academic Subject -- 2.4. The Question of Exile and Re-Subjectivation in Relation to Displaced Academics -- 3. The “Purgatory” of Being Kept in Reserve -- 3.1. An Unsettled Life Between Trivia and Essentials -- 3.2. A Non-Place Between Turkey and Europe -- 3.3. A Non-Time Between the Past, the Present, and the Future -- 3.4. A Non-Position Between Guest and Exile -- 4. An Interrupted Mourning -- 5. The Recovery of the Will: Limits, Opportunities, and Challenges -- Conclusion -- Afterword: A long arrival, The spectres of the future, Full circle.