Corrupted temporalities, ‘cultures of speed’, and the possibility of collegiality

Kidd, Ian James

Abstract

This paper describes a neglected aspect of the critique of academic ‘cultures of speed’ offered by Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeler in The Slow Professor. I argue internalisation of the values and imperatives of cultures of speed can encourage the erosion of a range of academic virtues while also facilitating the development of a range of academic vices. I focus on the ways that an internalised ‘psychology of speed’ erodes our capacity to exercise the virtues of intellectual beneficence–excellences of character which advance the intellectual needs of others–by radically distorting our experience of time.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 26, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Dec 20, 2021
• Publication Date: Dec 20, 2021
• Deposit Date: Feb 9, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 11, 2022
• Journal: Educational Philosophy and Theory
• Print ISSN: 0013-1857
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-5812
• Publisher: Informa UK Limited
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2021.2017883
• Keywords: History and Philosophy of Science; Education
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7412794
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2021.2017883?journalCode=rept20