Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies

PART I: Philosophy and Organizational Aesthetics






Relevance of Philosophical Aesthetics in Organization Studies
Polysemy, Mystery, Intensity

Tacit Dimension of Knowing and Aesthetics

The sublime and the Categories of Aesthetics

Philosophy and the Aesthetic Study of Organization

Interlude I: Poetry as manifesto N.2




Organizational Lens, Art Photography and Creation Process
Let's Give a Chance to the Walls

No Detail is Insignificant in Art Photography

Perception and the Materiality of the Image's Virtual Body

Interlude II: Designing the bottle to own its water




Art, Everyday Aesthetics and Organizational Theory
Photography as a Metaphor of Organizational Aesthetics

Philosophy of Art, that's the Problem

Art and Aesthetics in Eastern and Western Recent Philosophy

Interlude III: Homage to Gaspare Traversi

PART II: Three Philosophical Sensibilities




Aesthetic Philosophy and the Aesthetic Approach
Fundamental Characteristics of the Aesthetic Approach

Phenomenological and Post-Humanistic Awareness

Interlude IV: Riviera Mediterranea




Practice and the Italian Aesthetic Philosophies
Formativeness and the Aesthetic Approach

Practice as a Trait of Italian Philosophical Aesthetics

Interlude V: La dame, la licorne et le miroir




Aesthetic, Hermeneutic and Performative Sensibility

Aesthetic Sensibility

Hermeneutic and Performative Sensibilities

Giving Form: Philosophical Sensibilities and Organizational Theory

Interlude VI: Homage to Niki de Saint Phalle

Epilogue: Playing with Philosophical Aesthetics to Understand Organization