福柯与组织研究中的历史

Foucault and History in Organization Studies

ORGANIZATION · 2002
被引 82
人大 A-ABS 3

中文导读

梳理了历史学家对福柯的六点批评,并应用于组织研究学者Clegg、Jacques和Burrell的工作,指出他们引用福柯反而加剧了组织研究中历史处理的缺陷。

Abstract

There is an increasing call for an historical perspective in organization studies. Clegg, Jacques and Burrell in particular combine this call with a Foucauldian reformulation of organization studies. But Foucauldians in organization studies have largely ignored the criticisms of Foucault from historians. We rehearse six main criticisms of Foucault from historians: (1) impenetrable style; (2) avoidance of narrative; (3) ambivalence to truth; (4) errors in historical facts; (5) neglect of relevant historiography; and (6) questionable historical explanations. We then apply these criticisms to the work of Clegg, Jacques, and Burrell. Clegg makes serious historical errors, and neglects criticisms of labour process historiography. The historical sources and historiography cited by Jacques are insufficient. Burrell's interpretation of the connection between modernity and the Holocaust is questionable in the light of recent historiography. We conclude that so far, the invocation of Foucault has exacerbated the problematic treatment of history in organization studies.

组织研究历史学福柯史学批评