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| Author: | Ross-Smith, A. Kornberger, M. |
| Title: | Gendered rationality? A genealogical exploration of the philosophical and sociological conceptions of rationality, masculinity and organization |
| Journal: | Gender, Work and Organization
2004 : MAY, VOL. 11:3, p. 280-305 |
| Index terms: | Organizations Gender Philosophy Sociology |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article examines from a philosophical and sociological (hereafter as: phil. and soc.) perspective, how two concepts, that is, rationality and masculinity (here as: rat. and masc.) , have become genealogically so closely and inseparably intertwined. It proposes that it is the early phil. and soc. interpretations of reason and rat. that linked masc. and rat. To explore the connection btw. rat. and masc. that is so fundamental to management and, more broadly, organizational discourse, is the purpose of this article. The main focus of the article is on modern conceptions of rat., starting with the phil. of Descartes. It examines the influence of the ideas of Francis Bacon, Enlightenment interpretations of rat. and the influence of Weberian rat. and subsequent interpretations of this concept of rat. by early organizational theorists. Finally, it demonstrates, through a case study of strategic management, how contemporary organizational discourse continues to reflect many of the assumptions about masc. and rat. that are deeply embedded in more traditional organizational discourse. The article concludes with a number of suggestions for a way forward. |
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