A Simulacrum of Workplace Community: Individualism and Engineered Culture
Publication Type |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication |
2001 |
Author |
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Journal |
Sociology |
Volume |
35 |
Number |
3 |
Pages |
631-650 |
Language |
English |
Publish Dates |
Aug |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
Ezzy examines the development of ‘engineered culture’ in the western workplace, arguing such cultures foster a “self-gratificatory, narcissistic individualism” that is “consistent with a more general consumerist social relations”. After describing such engineered cultures providing a number of examples, he goes on to outline some of the discussion and debate around them as well as presenting a number of problems that have been raised in relation to them. He then goes on to use Simone Weil’s work, primarily drawn from “Oppression and Liberty” to suggest the possibility of defining a new attitude to what he terms ‘liberated labor’. |