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Enemies of Promise – Publishing, Perishing and the Eclipse of Scholarship - Softcover

Waters, Lindsay

 
9780972819657: Enemies of Promise – Publishing, Perishing and the Eclipse of Scholarship
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0972819657 ISBN 13: 9780972819657
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2004

Synopsis

Why should books drive the academic hierarchy? This controversial question posed by Lindsay Waters ignited fierce debate in the academy and its presses, as he warned that the "publish or perish" dictum was breaking down the academic system in the United States. Waters hones his argument in this pamphlet with a new set of questions that challenges the previously unassailable link between publishing and tenure. As one of the most important and innovative editors in the humanities and social sciences, Waters has witnessed the self-destruction occurring in the academic world because of the pressure to publish. Drawing upon his years of experience, he reveals how this principle is destroying the quality of educational institutions and the ideals of higher learning. It is time for scholars to rise up, Waters argues, and reclaim the governance of their institutions.

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About the Author

Lindsay Waters is Executive Editor for the Humanities at Harvard University Press, where he has been since 1984. From 1978 to 1984, he was an editor at the University of Minnesota Press, where he developed the Theory and History of Literature series. His book Against Authoritarian Aesthetics appeared in putonghua from Peking University Press in 2000.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0972819657
ISBN 13 
9780972819657
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
110