Book contents
- The War on Tenure
- The War on Tenure
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Skirmishes
- Part One Getting to Tenure
- Part Two Tenure’s Troubles
- 5 Cause, Just Cause
- 6 Origins
- 7 Multihyphenate
- 8 …Choosers
- 9 Two Bodies
- 10 To the Dogs
- 11 Butlerian Dialectics
- Part Three Tenure’s Labor
- Part Four Tenured-Terminations
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
11 - Butlerian Dialectics
from Part Two - Tenure’s Troubles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2025
Book contents
- The War on Tenure
- The War on Tenure
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Skirmishes
- Part One Getting to Tenure
- Part Two Tenure’s Troubles
- 5 Cause, Just Cause
- 6 Origins
- 7 Multihyphenate
- 8 …Choosers
- 9 Two Bodies
- 10 To the Dogs
- 11 Butlerian Dialectics
- Part Three Tenure’s Labor
- Part Four Tenured-Terminations
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 11 introduces and explains the concept of “auto-depreciation”: a phenomenon that forces academics to acquire skills not valued in the general labor market and to lose skills that are valued. It argues that auto-depreciation reduces the exit options available at all stages of an academic career and that it is linked to the rise of Quit Lit and academic coaching services.
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- The War on Tenure , pp. 87 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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