Spontaneous Acts of Scholarly Combustion

The future of academic publishing, as well as its ability to create and sustain publics, rests upon its willingness to take up the protection, maximum use, and enjoyment of 'personal energy under personal control.' This will also mean understanding that the other critical term here, in add...

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Main Author: Eileen Joy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cultural Studies Association 2014-05-01
Series:Lateral
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.25158/L3.1.31
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description The future of academic publishing, as well as its ability to create and sustain publics, rests upon its willingness to take up the protection, maximum use, and enjoyment of 'personal energy under personal control.' This will also mean understanding that the other critical term here, in addition to freedom, is responsibility. Someone, or some distributive collectives of someones, which might also form a nomadic para-institution, or 'outstitution,' needs to take responsibility for securing this freedom for the greatest number of persons possible who want to participate in intellectual-cultural life. A publisher is a person, or a group, or a multiplicity, who is responsible.
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spelling doaj.art-c83162e5795c4400b3c64c4553c361492022-12-22T00:28:44ZengCultural Studies AssociationLateral2469-40532014-05-01310.25158/L3.1.31http://csalateral.org/issue/3/spontaneous-acts-scholarly-combustion-joy/Spontaneous Acts of Scholarly CombustionEileen JoyThe future of academic publishing, as well as its ability to create and sustain publics, rests upon its willingness to take up the protection, maximum use, and enjoyment of 'personal energy under personal control.' This will also mean understanding that the other critical term here, in addition to freedom, is responsibility. Someone, or some distributive collectives of someones, which might also form a nomadic para-institution, or 'outstitution,' needs to take responsibility for securing this freedom for the greatest number of persons possible who want to participate in intellectual-cultural life. A publisher is a person, or a group, or a multiplicity, who is responsible.https://doi.org/10.25158/L3.1.31academic freedompublishingresponsibilityscholarly communication
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academic freedom
publishing
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scholarly communication
title Spontaneous Acts of Scholarly Combustion
title_full Spontaneous Acts of Scholarly Combustion
title_fullStr Spontaneous Acts of Scholarly Combustion
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title_short Spontaneous Acts of Scholarly Combustion
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topic academic freedom
publishing
responsibility
scholarly communication
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