The method which has predominated in this search, especially in North America, has been the empirical method, a method well established by natural scientists. This method entails the collection of data with a view to establishing theories and models that might reduce complex patterns of organisational life to reliable contingencies and established predictable patterns of behaviour that invite control. Of course, this method now has a substantial body of critics. Significantly, that which we do not know, or do not know how to measure, is always left out of the equation. However, what is good, or right, or to be considered acceptable evidence, is always a judgement call.
Radical theorists take an active interest in other ways of knowing.
Knowing the violence of oppression through the words of Ken Saro-Wiwa is but one example. Presented here in the Dialogue pages are two contributions that seek to include spirituality as an important consideration in the understanding of humanity. The dialogue contributions will be back on line soon.