Disciplined Minds: a critical look at salaried professionals and the soul-battering system that shapes their lives. . - Reviews - book review

Radical Teacher, Winter, 2001 by Brian Martin

The path of the radical professional is not easy, but at least Schmidt makes it seem like a lot of fun. Revealing the processes of subordination is for him a playful expose. He would be delighted for others to join with him saying, "The exam has no clothes!" His most important message, though, concerns resistance:

"The system of education and employment works to redefine who you are in the deepest sense, pushing you away from developing and acting upon your own vision and guiding ideas. Hence, if you want to stand for something and avoid vanishing as an independent force in society, you have no choice but to resist" (280).

Brian Martin is associate professor in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is author of Information Liberation, The Whistleblower's Handbook and many other books and articles. He can be contacted at <bmartin@uow.edu.au>; http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/