Organization, society and politics
Subtitle: an Aristotelian perspective
By: by Kevin Morrell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780230304468
Subjects: Organizational sociology; Philosophy; Sociology; Political science
Description: Organization, Society and Politics helps readers understand the strengths and limitations of Western civilization's most influential social theorist. Would you like to know why Aristotle said we are 'political animals' (and what that really means); or see how his Politics can be used to evaluate the legacy of the Blair government, and examine David Cameron's 'Big Society'? How does the Nicomachean Ethics help us understand the 2011 UK riots? Perhaps you are suspicious of claims that 'good ethics is good business' and would like to be able to say why, or curious to see how Aristotle's Poetics can be used to teach about revolution, or glimpse the rhetorical skills of Barack Obama? This thought-provoking volume explores these topics amongst many others. Specialists will welcome the attention to original texts, whilst non-specialists will appreciate the lucid summaries and applications that make Aristotle fascinatingly accessible and relevant across politics, business studies, and social science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Organization, society and politics; title: An Aristotelian perspective; title: The politics; title: The public good; title: The rhetoric; title: Talk and texts; title: The Nichomachean ethics; title: Decision making and ethics; title: The Poetics; title: Bolshevism to ballet in three steps; title: What is "public interest"?: a case study; title: Where do we go from here?