Chapter Retirement as going through a portal of possibilities
The essay contemplates retirement as a portal of possibilities which may open time for diving into both haunting and joyful questions that being tied up with admin work formerly prevented the pursuit of. Questions which the retired academic could engage in are piled up, e.g. the haunting ones concer...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2023
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | The essay contemplates retirement as a portal of possibilities which may open time for diving into both haunting and joyful questions that being tied up with admin work formerly prevented the pursuit of. Questions which the retired academic could engage in are piled up, e.g. the haunting ones concerning classical humanities' celebration of Universal (White) Man and human exceptionalism. Questions about portals leading from the haunted space of the Humanities to an elsewhere, and what to take with us through these portals, are also addressed. Critique and aesthetics are discussed as possibly worthwhile to carry to the other side. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (9 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9789048560110_lykke 9789048560110 9789048560127 |
| Access: | Open Access |