Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-09826-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

Diverse philosophies constitute the theoretical ground of the study of the aesthetic side of organization. In fact, there is not a single unique philosophy behind the organizational research of the aesthetic dimension of organizational life. Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies will illustrate and discuss this complex phenomenon, and it will be dedicated to highlight the philosophical basis of the study of aesthetics, art and design in organization.

The book distinguishes three principal "philosophical sensibilities" amongst these philosophies: aesthetic, hermeneutic and performative philosophical sensibility. Each of them is described and critically assessed through the work of philosophers, art theorists, sociologists and social scientists who represent its main protagonists. In this way, the reader will be conducted through the variety of philosophies that constitute a reference for aesthetics and design in organization.

The architecture of the book is articulated in two parts in order to provide student and scholars in philosophical aesthetics, in art, in design and in organization studies with an informative and agile instrument for academic research and study.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Strati, Antonio

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Antonio Strati is a senior professor of sociology of innovation and organization at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Trento, Italy, and chercheur associé at i3-CRG, École polytechnique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France.