Treasonous minds: capital & universities, the ideology of the intellectual and the desire for mutiny

Abstract

The tenor and the speed of capital are such that often all one wants to do is stand still in silence. The continual re/deterritorialisation of neo-liberalism, now neo-conservatism, as part of an endless process of accumulation and counter-revolution leaves us on the back foot. As the Left – that is the left-wing of capitalism – undergoes meltdown after meltdown there appears to be little room from which to mount and sustain critique. The fear of the trajectory of global capitalism – the fear of the future – can lead to a defense of what there is today. All this is seen on the campuses of universities in Australia ... Show more