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Who are you going to be? That is the question.

In this riveting book about the world of professional work, Jeff Schmidt demonstrates that the workplace is a battleground for the very identity of the individual, as is graduate school, where professionals are trained. He shows that professional work is inherently political, and that professionals are hired to subordinate their own vision and maintain strict “ideological discipline.”

The hidden root of much career dissatisfaction, argues Schmidt, is the professional’s lack of control over the political component of his or her creative work. Many professionals set out to make a contribution to society and add meaning to their lives. Yet our system of professional education and employment abusively inculcates an acceptance of politically subordinate roles in which professionals typically do not make a significant difference, undermining the creative potential of individuals, organizations and even democracy.

Schmidt details the battle one must fight to be an independent thinker and to pursue one’s own social vision in today’s corporate society. He shows how an honest reassessment of what it really means to be a professional employee can be remarkably liberating. After reading this brutally frank book, no one who works for a living will ever think the same way about his or her job.

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Physics Today fires author

for writing Disciplined Minds...

American Association of Physics Teachers session attendees protest firing

Majority of physics academic staff at University of Ottawa condemn firing

Sixteen former Physics Today staff members protest firing

Pro-bono lawyers take legal action

Physics Today to reveal its unsound case... Protests forceto reveal its unsound case...

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The entire book has been read on the radio!

You can listen to or download the audio files.

Disciplined Minds on her program Radio journalist Lyn Gerry readon her program

Unwelcome Guests, which is broadcast on a National Public Radio

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About the author...

Physics Today magazine for 19 years, Jeff Schmidt was an editor atmagazine for 19 years,

He has a PhD until he was fired for writing this provocative book.He has a PhD

in physics from the University of California, Irvine, and has taught

Born and raised in the United States, Central America and Africa.Born and raised

in Los Angeles, he now lives in Washington, D.C.

Cloth / 304 pages / April 2000 / ISBN 0-8476-9364-3

Paperback / 304 pages / December 2001 / ISBN 0-7425-1685-7