Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies

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.

List of contents

PART I: Philosophy and Organizational Aesthetics

1. 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


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


3. 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


4. Aesthetic Philosophy and the Aesthetic Approach
Fundamental Characteristics of the Aesthetic Approach
Phenomenological and Post-Humanistic Awareness
Interlude IV: Riviera Mediterranea


5. 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


6. 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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Strati, Strati Antonio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138098268
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09826-8
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society; Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, Organizational theory & behaviour, Sociology: work & labour, Operational research, Production & quality control management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour