Pragmatic sociology: Theoretical evolvement and empirical application

Blokker, Paul

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“…In this regard, claiming to be pragmatist was an effective 'emancipatory strategy' (Bogusz, 2014) for a new generation of French sociologists interested in local and contextual coordination among actors (Dodier, 1993). And yet, Boltanski and Thévenot (2006) Blokker andBrighenti in 2011 (2011, pp. 397-398), Laurent Thévenot explained that he became acquainted with American pragmatism only after the publication of On Justification.…”

Section: Intellectual Origins Of the Economies Of Worthmentioning

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Justification, Evaluation and Critique in the Study of Organizations: An Introduction to the Volume

Cloutier¹,

Gond²,

Léca³

2017

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link and evaluation in organizations by reconsidering the notion of worth, and finally 4) push the boundaries of the framework itself by questioning and fine tuning some of its core assumptions. Taken as a whole, this volume not only carves a path for a deeper embedding of the EW approach into contemporary thinking about organizations, it also invites readers to refine and expand it by confronting it with a wider range of diverse empirical contexts of interest to organizational scholars.Keywords: economies of worth; justification; critique; evaluation; French Pragmatist Sociology.3 Despite early acknowledgement of the relevance of the EW framework for studying organizations (Denis, Langley, & Rouleau, 2007;Livian & Herreros, 1994), and a recognition that it provides "a highly original perspective stressing the importance of processes of critique and justification for the production of organizational order and change" (Jagd, 2011, p. 344 (Patriotta, Gond, & Schultz, 2011;Ramirez, 2013;Taupin, 2012). JUSTIFICATION, EVALUATION AND CRITIQUE IN THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUMEWhile demonstrating the "generative" potential of the EW framework by combining it with other theories is both interesting and useful, there are many missed opportunities in failing to embrace the EW framework as a theory that is worthy for its own sake, one that can be particularly helpful, for example, for uncovering some of the normative contradictions that underlie institutional life by investigating how individual actors engage with a plurality of moral orders.Some of this potential can be seen in studies that have mobilized the EW framework to address topics such as intra-organizational dynamics of justification (Jagd, 2011), the strategic management of pluralistic organizations (Daigle & Rouleau, 2010;Denis et al., 2007) decision-making in public management contexts (Dodier & Camus, 1998 It is in light of the above observations and the opportunities they gave rise to that we settled on the following four objectives for the volume: (1) clarify how individuals manage the contradictions and compromises inherent in organizational pluralism by considering the daily moral life of actors inhabiting institutions; (2) look at organizations critically by unpacking the rhetorical foundations of critiques, and pragmatically examining the roles of rhetoric and justification in the critical operations that organizational actors engage in; (3) reconsider the notion of worth beyond its purely economic sense and consider the multiple facets that constitute and produce value in organizational life and (4) push the boundaries of the EW framework itself and by so doing, help further embed notions such as justification, critique and valuation in our contemporary analysis and understanding of organizations.Collectively, the set of contributions proposed in this volume address these four key objec...

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Section: Intellectual Origins Of the Economies Of Worthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Justification, Evaluation and Critique in the Study of Organizations: An Introduction to the Volume

Cloutier¹,

Gond²,

Léca³

2017

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

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“…Nevertheless, the actornetwork approach fails to provide an account of what translations -and mediations -entail in terms of the need to conciliate competing and incommensurable "languages of valuation" of the environment. The unequal power of these languages has been put forward as a reason that accounts for forms of oppression in contemporary environmental conflicts (Martinez-Alier, 1 For a general presentation and discussion of French pragmatic sociology see Bénatouïl (1999), Dodier (1993), Silber (2003), Wagner (1999) and the special issue of the European Journal of Social Theory edited by Blokker (2011). For a review of North American and European research on sociology of valuation and evaluation, to which French pragmatic sociology has given an important contribution, see Lamont (2012).…”

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Reframing Problems of Incommensurability in Environmental Conflicts through Pragmatic Sociology: From Value Pluralism to the Plurality of Modes of Engagement with the Environment

Centemeri¹

2015

Environmental Values

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To cite this version:Laura Centemeri. Reframing problems of incommensurability in environmental conflicts through pragmatic sociology. From value pluralism to the plurality of modes of engagement with the environment. AbstractThis paper presents the contribution of the pragmatic sociology of critical capacities to the understanding of environmental conflicts. In the field of "environmental valuation", nowadays colonised by economics, the approach of plural modes (or "regimes") of engagement provides a sociological understanding of the unequal power of conflicting "languages of valuation". This frame entails a shift from "values" to "modes of valuation" and links modes of valuation to modes of practical engagement and coordination with the surrounding environment. Different social sources of incommensurability are thus detected and reframed as critical tension within and among modes of human coordination with the environment.

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“…La méthode de cette sociologie consiste à étudier les discours des acteurs élaborés dans leur recherche d'un bien commun, c'est-à-dire dans la poursuite de ce qu'ils considèrent comme juste. Elle permet de mettre l'accent sur la créativité et sur l'inventivité des acteurs et de rendre sensible l'intelligence du social dont ils font preuve -quels qu'ils soient (Blokker, 2011).…”

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l'APPORT De La Sociologie Pragmatique Française Aux Études Critiques en Management

Taupin¹

2015

Rev. adm. empres.

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Contribuição da sociologia pragmática francesa para os estudos críticos em Administração The contribution of French pragmatic sociology to critical Management studies RÉSUMÉLa sociologie pragmatique française (SP), inspirée des travaux de Luc Boltanski et Laurent Thévenot, est de plus en plus utilisée par les études organisationnelles en management. Pourtant, la dimension critique de cette approche n'a pas encore été intégrée au profit de la connaissance en management et organisations (MOK). Dans cet article, nous explicitons l'apport que cette sociologie peut représen-ter pour les études critiques en management (CMS). En tant que science de la science des acteurs, nous suggérons que la SP est fertile pour développer une approche de performativité critique. En particulier, nous démontrons que l'approche permet de mettre en lumière les nouvelles formes de domination plus complexes s'exerçant dans les organisations contemporaines. En utilisant des études empiriques d'organisations mobilisant la SP, nous montrons comment les concepts de compromis et d'épreuve développés par cette approche présentent un outillage permettant de renouveler la critique des organisations au profit de la MOK.MOTS CLÉS | Sociologie pragmatique française, Sociologie de la critique, performativité critique, études organisationnelles en management, études critiques en management. RESUMO A sociologia pragmática francesa (SP), inspirada nos trabalhos de Luc Boltanski e Laurent Thévenot, é cada vez mais utilizada pelos estudos organizacionais em Administração. No entanto, a dimensão crítica dessa abordagem ainda não foi integrada para o proveito do conhecimento em Administração e organizações (MOK). Nesse artigo, esclarecemos a contribuição que essa sociologia pode apresentar para os estudos críticos em Administração (CMS). Enquanto ciência da ciência dos atores, sugerimos que a "SP" é fecunda por desenvolver uma abordagem de performatividade crítica. Particularmente, demonstramos que tal abordagem permite trazer à luz as novas formas de dominação mais complexas exercidas nas organizações contemporâneas. Através de estudos empíricos de organizações que mobilizam a "SP", mostramos como os conceitos de compromisso e de prova desenvolvidos por essa abordagem apresentam ferramentas permanentes para se renovar a crítica das organizações em benefício da "MOK". PALAVRAS-CHAVE | Sociologia pragmática francesa, Sociologia da crítica, performatividade crítica, estudos organizacionais em administração, estudos críticos em Administração. ABSTRACT French pragmatic sociology (PS), inspired by the work of Luc Boltanski and Laurent RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV-EAESP

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Pragmatic sociology: Theoretical evolvement and empirical application

Cited by 93 publications

References 15 publications

Justification, Evaluation and Critique in the Study of Organizations: An Introduction to the Volume

Justification, Evaluation and Critique in the Study of Organizations: An Introduction to the Volume

Reframing Problems of Incommensurability in Environmental Conflicts through Pragmatic Sociology: From Value Pluralism to the Plurality of Modes of Engagement with the Environment

l'APPORT De La Sociologie Pragmatique Française Aux Études Critiques en Management

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