Organization Studies and Posthumanism

Towards a More-than-Human World

François-Xavier de Vaujany, Silvia Gherardi, Polyana Silva

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English

Routledge
05 April 2024

Sociology: work & labour; Knowledge management; Production & quality control management; Organisational theory & behaviour

Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

This book aims at exploring the reception of critical posthumanist conversations in the context of Management and Organization Studies. It constitutes an invitation to de-center the human subject and thus an invitation to the ongoing deconstruction of humanism. The project is not to deny humans but to position them in relation to other nonhumans, more-than-humans, the non-living world, and all the “missing masses” from organizational inquiry. What is under critique is humanism’s anthropocentrism, essentialism, exceptionalism, and speciesism in the context of the Anthropocene and the contemporary crisis the world experiences. From climate change to the loss of sense at work, to the new geopolitical crisis, to the unknown effects of the diffusion of AI, all these powerful forces have implications for organizations and organizing. A re-imagination of concepts, theories, and methods is needed in organization studies to cope with the challenge of a more-than-human world.

Edited by: François-Xavier de Vaujany, Silvia Gherardi, Polyana Silva
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 790g
ISBN: 9781032614243
ISBN 10: 1032614242
Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 05 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"François-Xavier de Vaujany is full professor of Organization Studies at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and researcher within DRM. His research deals with the political and societal dimensions of (new) ways of organizing work and their management. He is particularly interested in the time-space of contemporary digital organization of work. Post-phenomenologies and process philosophy are key perspectives of his research emphasizing the apocalyptic process of digital management and organization. Silvia Gherardi is senior professor of sociology of organization at the University of Trento (Italy), where she founded the Research Unit on Communication, Organizational Learning, and Aesthetics (www.unitn.it/rucola). She is also professor II at the School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mӓlardalens University (Sweden). She received the degree of ""Doctor Honoris Causa"" from Roskilde University (2005), East Finland University (2010) and St Andrews University (2014). Her research interests include feminist new materialism, entrepreneurship, epistemology of practice, and postqualitative methodologies in organization studies. Polyana Silva is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Sao Paulo, where she is conducting research on the enmeshed aspects of life in a digitalized and virtualized worlds. Her particular areas of interest include virtual worlds, virtual beings, and metaverse projects, which she approaches from a posthumanist perspective. She has been part of organizing committees of research-oriented events such as the Chaire France-Brésil USP, a Chaire devoted to ""Digitality and Management: Presence, Time and Space""; and the Organizations, Artifacts & Practices (OAP) Workshop. She is a member of the research groups “Public Sector Accounting and Governance in Brazil (PSAG)” and Meta:lab – Metaverse Laboratory for Research and Innovation."