Randy Martin takes a novel, even-handed approach to this gulf between professors, who feel a loss of autonomy, and administrators. Martin imagines a political future for academic labour based on a critical understanding of the administrative work that faculty already undertake.
Faculty members who care about the institutions of higher education where they work are often at odds with university management. In his forceful book, Under New Management, Randy Martin takes a novel, evenhanded approach to this gulf between professors, who feel a loss of auton…
From security to securitization -- Derivative wars -- Self-managed colonialism -- An empire of indifference.
From security to securitization -- Derivative wars -- Self-managed colonialism -- An empire of indifference.
In this significant Marxist critique of contemporary American imperialism, the cultural theorist Randy Martin argues that a finance-based logic of risk control has come to dominate Americans' everyday lives as well as U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Risk management-the ability…
Analyzes imperial ambitions in the context of the dominance of finance, not simply as a form of capital, but also as a set of protocols for organzing daily life.
Randy Martin℗ (1957-2015) was Professor of Art and Public Policy at New York University and founder of the graduate program in arts politics. He published many books, as author or editor, including℗ Financialization of Daily Life℗ and℗ Under New Management: Universities, Adminis…
