Abstract: Three founding editors, John Brenkman, Stanley Aronowitz, and Fredric Jameson, discuss the origins of the title SOCIAL TEXT. Aronowitz argues that it comes from Henri Lefebvre’s CRITIQUE OF EVERYDAY LIFE, while Jameson claims he did not know Lefebvre at … Continue reading “"Social Text"”
Despite the divergence between the accounts given by Stanley Aronowitz and Fredric Jameson of the origins of the name SOCIAL TEXT, it is worth exploring the use of the phrase in the work of Henri Lefebvre. Even if it is … Continue reading “Social Text”
Despite the divergence between the accounts given by Stanley Aronowitz and Fredric Jameson of the origins of the name SOCIAL TEXT, it is worth exploring the use of the phrase in the work of Henri Lefebvre. Even if it is … Continue reading “Social Text”
Despite the divergence between the accounts given by Stanley Aronowitz and Fredric Jameson of the origins of the name SOCIAL TEXT, it is worth exploring the use of the phrase in the work of Henri Lefebvre. Even if it is … Continue reading “Social Text”
This essay discusses the evolution of state theory from G. W. F. Hegel to Gilles Deleuze, with a focus on the ways in which the state has been theorized as a mechanism of egalitarian social change. Following Michael Hardt and … Continue reading “State”
Considering the intersections of theory, culture, and ideology in SOCIAL TEXT, this essay suggests that for all its interest in theory, the journal has never had a theory of theory, except for the proposition that insofar as theory explains practice … Continue reading “Theory”
As a critical nomenclature in SOCIAL TEXT, university points to a constellation of trends that coalesces around the corporate ethos of higher education: professionalization, academic capitalism, industry standardization, anti-intellectualism, managerialist protocols, adjunctifying professoriate, casualized instruction, knowledge factory, and the global … Continue reading “University”
Abstract: As a critical nomenclature in SOCIAL TEXT, university points to a constellation of trends that coalesces around the corporate ethos of higher education: professionalization, academic capitalism, industry standardization, anti-intellectualism, managerialist protocols, adjunctifying professoriate, casualized instruction, knowledge factory, and the … Continue reading “University”
As viewed through the lens of work published in SOCIAL TEXT on the governmentality of terror] this essay proposes that the trope of the terrorist signals the departure of a reliable and calculable enemy and the “unleashing of the incommensurable– … Continue reading “War”
Collected here are the names of all members of the SOCIAL TEXT collective, from the founding of the journal until today. The masthead of SOCIAL TEXT 1 is reproduced, to honor the founding editors and collective. People who joined the … Continue reading “The SOCIAL TEXT Collective (1979 – 2009)”
Asking someone in the final throes of the book production process for advice on academic publishing is asking for trouble. My non-serious reply would be “Run! Flee for your life!” But, slightly more helpfully, I would recommend acclimating yourself to … Continue reading “What Did I Do to Deserve This? On Getting Started in Academic Publishing”
I had coffee recently with one of my dissertation students. We talked about his workload. He reads a book a week for our independent study, in preparation for writing the dissertation proposal he will defend in May, and he probably … Continue reading “"Luxury! We lived in a lake!"”
Why publish? This is a strange question with which to frame a response to a graduate student request for advice on “how to publish.” But given Ashley Dawson’s astute comments on the “increasingly cutthroat character of the downsized, outsourced corporate … Continue reading “But, Why Publish?”
The increasingly cutthroat character of the downsized, outsourced corporate academy means that individual drive and determination are essential for success. Ironically, though, I think that the single strongest factor behind success in publishing is collective organizing. I say this … Continue reading “How to Publish Your Work, Win Friends, and Influence People”
