Writing Power

Intellectuals, Legitimacy, and the Making of Knowledge

Saorfhlaith Victoria Alexandra Burton

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English

Manchester University Press
30 September 2025

Research methods: general; Sociology: work & labour; Higher & further education, tertiary education

Writing power radically rethinks the place of the canon and canonicity as objects and concepts in contemporary academia and the everyday intellectual practices of academics. It is distinctive in its demonstration of how academics' engagements with canons shape their writing practices but also how scholars' writing practices, spaces, proclivities, and desires shape the canon and changing ideas of value in canonicity. The book thinks through frequently discussed problems of legitimacy and knowledge production from fresh perspectives of lived experience and the everyday to offer new insights into the politics of knowledge in contemporary social sciences.

By: Saorfhlaith Victoria Alexandra Burton
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9781526169327
ISBN 10: 1526169320
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Saorfhlaith Victoria Alexandra Burton is Lecturer in Criminology at Robert Gordon University