Universities and the Occult Rituals of the Corporate World
Higher Education and Metaphorical Parallels with Myth and Magic
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 bewild…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-39231-0
- EAN: 9781351392310
- Produktnummer: 27324288
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 228 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'394 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Felicity Wood is employed by the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Her area of research interest is the way contemporary western and westernised societies partake in aspects of mystery, ritual and magic, especially in economic and socio-political contexts and the present-day workplace.
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