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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826937003321

Autore

Krijnen Christian

Titolo

The very idea of organization : social ontology today : Kantian and Hegelian reconsiderations / / by Christian H. Krijnen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-30291-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Critical Studies in German Idealism, , 1878-9986 ; ; Volume 16

Disciplina

302.3/501

Soggetti

Organizational sociology - Philosophy

Ontology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 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 of Names -- Index of Terms.

Sommario/riassunto

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.