Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 456 g
Reihe: Issues in Business Ethics
A Levinassian Perspective
Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 456 g
Reihe: Issues in Business Ethics
ISBN: 978-90-481-9372-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
This description by Levinas of rational thinking shows similarity to what managers do in organizations. They make their business controllable, but at the same time with their planning and schemes they create a totalitarian straitjacket. This similarity suggests that also the reactions to imperialistic rationality from Levinas’ description ought to be found in organizations. Is it indeed possible to indicate there the kind of resistance and grief Levinas speaks about? Does that give rise to confrontations between managers and their co-workers who are supposed to subordinate to their schemes? Do managers then feel shame? And do those shameful confrontations consequently lead to self-reflection and change?
Desk research suggests that the above elements are partly to be found in the literature of management theory. Interviews with managers show that Levinas’ line of thought can also be found in its completeness within organizations. At the same time it becomes clear that becoming conscious of the elements of that line of thought – that rationality is all-conquering, that it provokes resistance, that that can lead to shame as well as to a new beginning – this is a difficult path to travel. The related experiences are easily forgotten and sometimes difficult to excavate. Translation of Levinas’ thinking into terms ofmanagement and organization can help us spot them where they play their role in organizations.
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Contents.- Editing translator’s introduction.- Preface; T he Shame of Reason in Organizational Change: a Levinasian Perspective.- Chapter 1.-: Introduction.- Chapter 2 Rationality: A Problem?.- Section 1: Problematic Rationality in Organization Studies.- Section 2: Problematic Rationality In Philosophy.- Chapter 3: Two Alternatives to Representationalism.- Chapter 4 Levinas on Rationality and Representation.- Section 1: Levinas on Representational Thought Handed Down to Him.- Section 2: The Position of Representation in Levinas’ own Philosophy.- Chapter 5 Levinas Translated to Organizations.- Section I: The Organisation Studies Literature.- Section 2: Cases.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.-Afterword.- Index.- Abbreviations used for the Works of Levinas.- Consulted Works.