Tyler_A_Harper : The prestige economy of academia

Tyler Austin Harper

@Tyler_A_Harper

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Contributing Writer @TheAtlantic. Teaching @BatesCollege. Professional Doom-Monger. Co-host of Time to Say Goodbye @ttsgpod. Red-Blooded Lacanian Male.

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Tyler Austin Harper

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The prestige economy of academia — which rewards you for publishing books or articles read by several dozen people, but not public books or articles read by thousands or tens of thousands — is part of the crisis of the humanities. It’s both an intellectual AND a labor issue. 1/

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