Iconoclasm from Antiquity to Modernity

Kolrud, Kristine; Prusac, Marina

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“…The literature on leadership has mostly steered clear of the topic of iconoclasm despite its social relevance. All forms of iconoclasm are related to symbols and symbolizing processes (though the literature stops short of relating it to metonymy; Gamboni, 2007; Kolrud and Prusac, 2014). Hence, if symbols matter to leadership, then the study of iconoclasm should matter to its research.…”

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“…Yet, one does not only understand a people from the statues and monuments they erect, but also from the ones they pull down (Grovier, 2017). So iconoclasm warrants close attention since it recurs throughout history, across cultures and political regimes (Kolrud and Prusac, 2014). Most vitally, exposing this hidden trope has implications for agency, enabling engagement with metonymy’s iconoclasm and its iconoplasticity.…”

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“…Iconoclasm has evolved from direct physical destruction (of statues, images, etc.) to figurative iconoclasm, an attack on established principles, beliefs, or institutions considered fallacious or pernicious (Gamboni, 2007; Kolrud and Prusac, 2014). The latter is enacted through creative political practices (including drawings and cartoons) and offers a form of indirect iconoclasm (Boldrick and Clay, 2007) (e.g.…”

Section: Visual Metonymy and Leadership Through The Sphinx In The 21smentioning

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“…However, iconoclasm can also be the subject of visual satire, offering a representational “gold-mine” (Gamboni, 2007: 118). Specifically, revolutionary iconoclasm often features through figurative attacks on a leader who symbolizes their respective institutions and values (Boldrick and Clay, 2007; Kolrud and Prusac, 2014), an observation theorized here through metonymy (C2). Unlike “iconoclasm from above,” driven by the interests of those in power, this “iconoclasm from below” springs from people who struggle for empowerment.…”

Section: Visual Metonymy and Leadership Through The Sphinx In The 21smentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of visual metonymy in leadership symbolism: Mapping its dynamics through the Sphinx

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2018

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Despite the long-standing relevance of symbols in culture studies on leadership, research has rarely examined significations of leadership through metonymy, an important trope that pervades symbolism but is often overlooked. This paper offers a typology of visual metonymy that outlines forms pertinent to leadership. The study draws on the Sphinx in cultural history to map out various metonymies and chart their dynamics. It then traces these metonymies in historical and recent political cartoons on leadership in contexts of colonization, nation building, and revolution. The work also delineates patterns in composite metonymy and its combination with metaphor. Metonymy has paradoxical effects on the discursive construction of leadership, both maintaining and changing extant values and views. So visual metonymy facilitates iconoclasm, the destruction of images or statues, based on shifts in value judgments of leadership and its symbols. These findings compel us to think differently about symbolism and leadership. They show how a symbol's meaning and value are positional and provisional, temporarily located within multiple relationships and realities. Similarly, leadership is wrought through positionality and provisionality, constantly reshaped by various contextual positions and contingent relationships that render it inherently fluid and contested. The paper further contributes to theorization on leadership by offering new grounds for its visual analysis and a fresh perspective through which to explore its embodiment. Altogether, the work instigates us to rethink extant adages on "leaders using symbols" and "leaders as symbols." It calls for research on leadership that supplements the interest in symbols with an emphasis on symbolization.

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“…We refer to this ideal type as iconoclastic texts because they are oriented towards breaking with established theorizing – destroying mainstream institutions, established values and accepted practices (see Marsden & Townley, 1996, on ‘contra science’). We are mindful that contemporary iconoclasts are often considered ‘cool rebels’ but are also aware that the original iconoclasts established a church that some might describe as oppressive as the one they undermined (see Kolrud & Prusac, 2014).…”

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Reflections on Reflexive Theorizing: The Need for A Little More Conversation

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We investigate the nature and impact of recent ‘reflexive theorizing’ in the field of Organization Studies by examining articles that critically reflect on research, practice and the profession more generally with a view to defining, refining or changing future trajectories for the field. We identify a range of discursive practices used in these articles to establish authority, describe the field and make claims about the nature of theorizing. We then present three ‘ideal types’ that represent particular constellations of these discursive practices. We interrogate each of these ideal types in order to demonstrate how particular combinations of discursive practices can limit the potential of reflexive theorizing by shutting down conversations. Finally, we make a number of suggestions for weaving together discursive practices in ways that help to ensure that reflexive theorizing generates new forms of knowledge through conversations which are open to a wider range of voices, and where respect and generosity are evident.

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Approaching intersectionality through metonymy: Coloniality and recursion at work

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2022

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This paper critically engages with intersectionality in an effort to counter its development into a reified ground and grid for examining and articulating difference in organization studies. We theorize intersectionality as frame/work and problematize the work of its frame through the disruptions and recursions of coloniality. We turn to metonymy for the analytical and conceptual possibilities it offers for interrogating intersectionality and examining the dynamics of difference and power. We analyze engagements with Kara Walker's artwork, Sugar Baby, which invite us to think about intersectionality in metonymic terms. We offer a double reading of this work of representation. The first reading outlines (re)productions and ironic subversions of metonymies of work, race, and gender, while the second scrutinizes them and forwards the significance of positionality and provisionality in intersectional work on coloniality.In doing so, we cultivate intersectionality as a critical idea but also submit it to critical analysis. By theorizing intersectionality as frame/work, we counter its metonymic role as proxy for diverse possibilities for engaging with difference and thereby confront its power dynamics. In closing, we outline the contributions to organizational research and contemplate the implications for "doing intersectionality" in organization studies.

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Iconoclasm from Antiquity to Modernity

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The role of visual metonymy in leadership symbolism: Mapping its dynamics through the Sphinx

The role of visual metonymy in leadership symbolism: Mapping its dynamics through the Sphinx

Reflections on Reflexive Theorizing: The Need for A Little More Conversation

Approaching intersectionality through metonymy: Coloniality and recursion at work

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