Philosophy and Organization
1st Edition
Published on 12. April 2007
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-415-37117-9 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring original contributions from some of the most exciting scholars writing at the intersection of philosophy and organization today, this accessible volume provides readers with a complete overview of this complex subject.
Ground-breaking and drawing on recent efforts in management and organization studies to take philosophy seriously, it critically engages with the way that philosophy might inform organization and illuminates a range of issues, including idleness, aesthetics, singularity, transparency, power and cruelty.
Exploring why philosophy matters to organization and why organization matters to philosophy, this book is essential reading for philosophy and business and management students as well as of interest to all those who seek to think seriously about the way their lives are organized.
Ground-breaking and drawing on recent efforts in management and organization studies to take philosophy seriously, it critically engages with the way that philosophy might inform organization and illuminates a range of issues, including idleness, aesthetics, singularity, transparency, power and cruelty.
Exploring why philosophy matters to organization and why organization matters to philosophy, this book is essential reading for philosophy and business and management students as well as of interest to all those who seek to think seriously about the way their lives are organized.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-37117-9 (9780415371179)
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Persons
Campbell Jones is Director of the Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy and Senior Lecturer in Critical Theory and Business Ethics at the University of Leicester School of Management.
Rene ten Bos is Professor in Philosophy and Organizational Theory at Radboud University, the Netherlands. He has written on ethics and fashion and is co-author of the textbook For Business Ethics, also published by Routledge.
Rene ten Bos is Professor in Philosophy and Organizational Theory at Radboud University, the Netherlands. He has written on ethics and fashion and is co-author of the textbook For Business Ethics, also published by Routledge.
Content
Introduction Part 1: Images 1. Organization: Recovering Philosophy 2. The Uselessness of Philosophy 3. What is Philosophy of Organization? 4. Critique and Resistance: On the Necessity of Organizational Philosophy Part 2: Engagements 5. Ask not What Philosophy can do for Critical Management Studies 6. Reading Critical Theory 7. Why Feminist Ethics? 8. Race, Revolution and Organization Part 3: Illuminations 9. Workers of the World... Relax!: Introducing a Philosophy of Idleness to Organization Studies 10. Messing up Organizational Aesthetics 11. Singular Plurality and Organization 12. Double-Crossing the Landscapes of Philosophy: Conjoining the Transparency of 'Things' with the Veil of Language 13. After Power: Artaaud and the Theatre of Cruelty