Anonymity

Volume 16, Numbers 1-2


This issue discusses the nature and limits of anonymity. How does anonymity affect reading, writing and teaching practices, as well as other aspects of academic performance such as tenure and publication review? What are the social, economic, political, and intellectual dimensions of anonymity in contemporary academic culture? What are the philosophical dimensions of anonymity? What are the theoretical implications of new media technologies and globalization on anonymity?

Contents

Sharon O’Dair
Laboring in Anonymity

Amardeep Singh
Anonymity, Authorship, and Blogger Ethics

Terry Caesar
‘Larry David is Anonymous’: Anonymity in the System

Lynn Z. Bloom
The Seven Faces of Anonymity in Academe

Robyn Warhol-Down
Academics Anonymous: A Meditation on Anonymity, Power, and Powerlessness

Jeffrey R. Di Leo
Anonymity, Dialogue, and the Academy

Nicholas de Villiers
Confessions of a Masked Philosopher: Anonymity and Identification in Foucault and Guibert

Simon Morgan Wortham
Anonymity Writing Pedagogy: Beckett, Descartes, Derrida

Sean Gaston
(Not) Meeting without Name