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Enemies of Promise: Publishing, Perishing, and the Eclipse of Scholarship
Lindsay Waters
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 117 x 9. Weight in Grams: 88.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press
Number of pages
110
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
119g
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780972819657
SKU
V9780972819657
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About Lindsay Waters
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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