tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612867235894979409.post4170904399531163574..comments2024-03-27T08:38:29.990+01:00Comments on artefactphil: Gainful game of academic publishingMichael Eldredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15312973352124078686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612867235894979409.post-20985224997993881042014-06-08T15:53:16.271+02:002014-06-08T15:53:16.271+02:00Thanks for the link, which is interesting. What yo...Thanks for the link, which is interesting. What you address as the Game of Thrones I regard as a version of the Emperor's New Clothes. Everyone knows very well of the ubiquitous power plays, but, if you have skin in this game, it is very impolite to say anything publicly about it, even and especially if you are a philosophy professor. I say that this philosophical nakedness has to be remedied by a thinking that puts the phenomenon of whoness itself centre stage to show that these who-power-plays are not merely unfortunate or deplorable facts of life, but themselves call for a simple thinking to see more clear and gain distance. The individuation you speak of I see as the possibility of casting your ownmost self, i.e. the self-mask that fits you best of all for as long as you are around to play the who-game. Philosophical re-flection back onto your self is a therapy for hubris as well as alleviating blindness. In German I speak of the Wertschätzspiel (literally: value-estimation-game) among people and things, i.e. whos and whats. This is a socio-ontological concept, not merely a descriptive word. It is supposed to capture in thought the presencing and absencing of whos and whats in a play of mutual assessment and valuation that can take on myriad shades from accolades and fame through to denigration and annihilation of reputation. Michael Eldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312973352124078686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612867235894979409.post-19110092466068427772014-06-08T14:12:48.674+02:002014-06-08T14:12:48.674+02:00Unfortunately para-academic publishing is also an ...Unfortunately para-academic publishing is also an arena for the gainful game (what I have called the "game of thrones": http://terenceblake.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/bourdieu-academias-game-of-thrones/). Disappointment and exclusion are the rule for interactions on the blogosphere as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com