The Very Idea of Organization

Social Ontology Today: Kantian and Hegelian Reconsiderations
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30290-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: Critical Studies in German Idealism

The Very Idea of Organization presents a philosophical account of the phenomenon of organization. It takes as its starting point a debate in organization studies about the foundations of organizational research. This debate, however, is running into difficulties regarding the basic concept of the reality that organization studies deal with, that is regarding the ontology of organization. A convincing organizational ontology is not in sight.

Therefore, Krijnen introduces a new meta-perspective, offering a more comprehensive and more fundamental social ontology in general as well as an organizational ontology in particular. Exploring the Kantian and Hegelian tradition of philosophy, he convincingly shows that a rejuvenated type of German idealism contains intriguing possibilities for developing a present-day social and organizational philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krijnen, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 18. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Deutscher Idealismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Transzendentalphilosophie, Kritizismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Aufklärung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations of Works Cited
Short Introduction
1. What is Organization? From Organization Theory to Organizational Ontology
2. Towards an Idealist Social Ontology—Criticisms and Challenges
3. Constructing Social Reality—From Kantian Transcendental Philosophy to a Hegelian Concept of the Social
4. Social Reality as Existence of Freedom—Hegelian versus Kantian Idealism on Actualizing Validity
5. The Very Idea of Organization—Phenomenology Revisited
6. The Very Idea of Organization—A Hegelian Account
Epilog
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christian Krijnen, Ph.D. 2001, habilitation 2006, is a Professor of Philosophy at the VU University Amsterdam. In his numerous monographs and articles, including Recognition – German Idealism as an Ongoing Challenge (Brill 2014), Kant, Hegel, neo-Kantianism, and contemporary transcendental philosophy play a major role.