Times Higher Education: Whither art: vanity is killing social sciences and the humanities
Conference hears that scholarly narcissism is leading disciplines to ruin. Matthew Reisz writes
“Academic narcissism” and a focus on self-promotion over scholarly substance are being blamed for bringing the humanities and the social sciences to the brink.
At a conference on the future of the disciplines held in Brussels last week, scholars warned that they were on a self-destructive course.
One of those to sound the alarm was Sasa Bozic, associate professor of sociology at the University of Zadar, Croatia, who accused his peers of displaying narcissistic traits.
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