It seems to me like academia is more like a caste or a class, which share many adverse features with cults (high demand, loyalty oriented), but differ by having well defined stereotyped relations with other castes or classes within a society.
It seems to me like academia is more like a caste or a class, which share many adverse features with cults (high demand, loyalty oriented), but differ by having well defined stereotyped relations with other castes or classes within a society.