The contribution of french pragmatic sociology to critical management studies

• Autor(a) principal: Taupin, Benjamin
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: fra
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração de Empresas
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/47735
• topic: French pragmatic sociology; Sociology of critique; Critical performativity; Organizational management studies; Critical management studies; Sociologie pragmatique française; Sociologie de la critique; Performativité critique; Études organisationnelles en management; Études critiques en management; Sociologia pragmática francesa; Sociologia da crítica; Performatividade crítica; Estudos organizacionais em administração; Estudos críticos em administração

French pragmatic sociology (PS), inspired by the work of Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot, is being increasingly used by organizational management studies. However, the critical dimension of this approach has not yet been integrated for the benefit of knowledge in management and organizations (MOK). In this article, we elaborate on the contribution that PS can represent for critical management studies (CMS). As a ‘science of the players’ science’ [science de la science des acteurs], we suggest that PS is fertile for the development of a critical performativity. In particular, we demonstrate that the approach allows shedding light on the new and more complex forms of domination exerted in contemporary organizations. Using empirical studies of organizations employing PS, we demonstrate how the concepts of compromise and test developed by this approach offer tools that allow renewing the critique of organizations for the benefit of MOK.