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Article Date: 5/13/2009 6:05PM Author: Susan Long Posted By: murray@livingphilosophy.org
The Perverse Organization and its Deadly Sins - Part 2
Chapter 2 of "The Perverse Organization and its Deadly Sins" (Karnac)
 

Chapter 2

Understanding the perverse state-of-mind
 

There are five points that will be consistently emphasised throughout this book. They are the basic indicators of a perverse state-of-mind.[1] Derived from a study of perversion in individuals, they will first be explored in terms of individuals, later to be extrapolated to a social level of analysis.

 

The five indicators are first listed in their bare essential... Read more...

 
Article Date: 4/23/2009 8:50AM Author: Susan Long Posted By: murray@livingphilosophy.org
The Perverse Organization and its Deadly Sins - Part 1
Chapter 1 of Susan Long's book on perversity in organizations
 

Chapter 1

The Perverse Organisation

 

The idea of perversion conjures up many images of dark and sinister practices; evil and sadistic; masochisti... Read more...

 
Article Date: 11/6/2008 8:56PM Author: Dr Steven Gans Posted By: murray@livingphilosophy.org
Levinas and Freud
Talmudic Inflections in Ethics and Psychoanalysis
 
I argue that the Levinasian Talmudic hermeneutic opens the possibility of making audible the muted Talmudic basis of Freud's psychoanalytic practice and shows the way toward the development of an ethical psychoanalysis. ... Read more...
 
Article Date: 11/6/2008 8:53PM Author: Burkard Sievers Posted By: murray@livingphilosophy.org
Competition as War: Towards a socio-analysis of war in and among corporations
War in modern times.
 

Despite the daily reality of war in the media – and indeed in many

people's political and social lives – it would seem, that it is not

considered part of the business world, organisations or the world

built around them. We are consistently led to believe that the

economy of war and warfare refers to the gains derived from the

production of war equipment,... Read more...