Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies

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.

• PART I: Philosophy and Organizational Aesthetics Relevance of Philosophical Aesthetics in Organization StudiesPolysemy, Mystery, IntensityTacit Dimension of Knowing and AestheticsThe sublime and the Categories of AestheticsPhilosophy and the Aesthetic Study of OrganizationInterlude I: Poetry as manifesto N.2 Organizational Lens, Art Photography and Creation ProcessLet’s Give a Chance to the WallsNo Detail is Insignificant in Art PhotographyPerception and the Materiality of the Image’s Virtual BodyInterlude II: Designing the bottle to own its water Art, Everyday Aesthetics and Organizational TheoryPhotography as a Metaphor of Organizational AestheticsPhilosophy of Art, that’s the ProblemArt and Aesthetics in Eastern and Western Recent PhilosophyInterlude III: Homage to Gaspare TraversiPART II: Three Philosophical Sensibilities Aesthetic Philosophy and the Aesthetic ApproachFundamental Characteristics of the Aesthetic ApproachPhenomenological and Post-Humanistic AwarenessInterlude IV: Riviera Mediterranea Practice and the Italian Aesthetic PhilosophiesFormativeness and the Aesthetic ApproachPractice as a Trait of Italian Philosophical AestheticsInterlude V: La dame, la licorne et le miroir Aesthetic, Hermeneutic and Performative SensibilityAesthetic SensibilityHermeneutic and Performative SensibilitiesGiving Form: Philosophical Sensibilities and Organizational TheoryInterlude VI: Homage to Niki de Saint PhalleEpilogue: Playing with Philosophical Aesthetics to Understand Organization

"The gentle way this book talks to us hints at the potential role of education in furthering the philosophical aesthetics of organizing. This kind of aesthetics philosophy, one more as education and practice than as research and theory, is what emerges forcefully from the friendly reunion of Dr. Strati with Mr. Antonio." --Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, published in Organization Studies "Good books often offer no more than a single deep insight. Excellent books offer multiple insights, and great ones many more. By that standard, Strati’s little book (only 181 pages, including index) is excellent." --Paul C. Godfrey, Brigham Young University, USA, published in Administrative Science Quarterly