Contents

pp iii-iv

Notes on contributors

pp v-x

1 - Introduction: academic capitalism and the affective organisation of academic labour

pp 1-18

Part I - Structures

pp 19-20

2 - Affective labour pains of academic capitalism in crisis

pp 21-46

3 - Deepened coloniality, heightened structuralism: implications for intellectual thought and praxis in the Caribbean

pp 47-64

4 - Academic patriarchal (post)liberal capitalism

pp 65-92

Part II - Relationships

pp 93-94

5 - The storytelling and storyselling of neoliberal academic work

pp 95-109

6 - Exploring the academic and affective leadership in academia

pp 110-128

7 - Friendship in academia: the moral economy of academic work

pp 129-147

8 - What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker: an uncanny story of contemporary academic life

pp 148-172

Part III - Performance

pp 173-174

9 - Academy in my flesh: affective athleticism and performative writing

pp 175-195

10 - Getting texts done: affective rhythms of reading in quantified academia

pp 196-215

11 - Performance management: Western universities, Chinese entrepreneurs and students on stage

pp 216-236

12 - What’s the point? A few thoughts instead of a conclusion

pp 237-248

Index

pp 249-256