The gods must be crazy
The denial of descent in academic scholarship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9237123 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janice Hocker Rushing (University of Arkansas), Thomas S Frentz (University of Arkansas) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-246 |
| Publication date | 1999-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335639909384259 |
| OpenAlex | W1994036493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
In this work, we expand the literature of discontent with academic scholarship by showing how our malaise is grounded metaphorically in the uncritical celebration of “up” and the vilification of “down.” We then historicize these metaphors through classical Greek poetry and philosophy to rediscover how flowing back and forth between Apollonian upness and Dionysian descent produced creative conditions for living well. We eventually revisit the academy and offer some general ways we might live these ancient truths more fully in our own scholarly lives
Art · Denial · Descent (aeronautics) · Epistemology · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Scholarship · Sociology · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2018 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |