Im/Probabilities of Post/Authorship and Academic Writing Otherwise in Postfoundational Inquiry

• Published in: Qualitative inquiry Vol. 29; no. 8-9; pp. 914 - 921
• Main Authors: Taylor, Carol A., Benozzo, Angelo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-10-2023; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Authorship; Intention; Intentionality; Provocation; writerly invention; imposters; academic-writing-machine; authorship; post/authorship; inquiry without method
• ISSN: 1077-8004; 1552-7565
• DOI: 10.1177/10778004221144638

This article explores questions of im/probability of/as post/authorship in postfoundational inquiry. Inspired by Deleuzian philosophy, the article instantiates post/authorship and academic writing otherwise as a means to interrogate, critique, and undo the representationalist modes of normative authorship. Through a series of playful im/probabilities, the article suggests and enacts a writerly mode of post/authorship that reframes notions of authorial intentionality and origination.
Reviewer 2: “… your contribution … needs to be more clearly stated at the outset”.
In paying attention to writerly invention as inquiry without method, the article’s provocation is, “What might happen if/when we go rogue and become post/authorship imposters instead of authors?”