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

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 re...

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Superior document:Critical Studies in German Idealism, Volume 16
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Critical studies in German idealism ; Volume 16.
Physical Description:1 online resource (235 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.