Felicity Wood

Universities and the Occult Rituals of the Corporate World

Higher Education and Metaphorical Parallels with Myth and Magic

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138307117
• ISBN-10: 1138307114
• Artikelnr.: 52458553

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Magic of the Market
3. Setting the Scene
4. Corporate Simulacra
5. A Climate of Fear
6. Rituals, Talismans and Templates
7. Performance and Ritual
8. Kinship, Collegiality and Witchcraft
9. Secrecy, Publicity, Confusion and Power
10. The Zombies of Corporate Academia
11. Sacrifices and Suffering
12. Smoke and Mirrors and Wind Money
13. Conclusion: Breaking the Spell
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