Title: Bourdieusian (re)significations for the concepts of man, organisation and society for organisation studies: agent, region and bodies

Authors: Rafael Borim-de-Souza; Jacques Haruo Fukushigue Jan-Chiba; Beatriz Lima Zanoni

Addresses: Postgraduate Program in Administration, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil; Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, Campus Universitário, Cx. Postal 10.011, Cep. 86057-970, Londrina-PR, Brasil ' Postgraduate Program in Administration, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil; Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445 Km 380, Campus Universitário, Cx. Postal 10.011, Cep. 86057-970, Londrina-PR, Brasil ' Postgraduate Program in Administration, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Administração, Av. Lothario Meissner, 632, Jardim Botânico, 80210-170, Curitiba-PR, Brasil

Abstract: The interest in (re)signifying concepts common to theories that debate organisations represents the objective for which this essay was developed. In order to ensure coherence and depth to the debate, it was decided to discuss the (re)significations of the concepts of man, organisation and society. The domination symbolism, the centrality in relations and the distrust of historical objectivity, as well as other attributes of the Bourdieusian sociology, served the interest of (re)signifying the concepts of man, organisation and society for organisation studies. Through the Bourdieusian sociology, a (re)signification of man, organisation and society to organisation studies is proposed: the concept of agent (re)signifies the man; the concept of region (re)signifies the organisation; and, the concept of a set of bodies (re)signifies the society.

Keywords: organisation studies; Bourdieusian sociology; Bourdieu; men; agent; organisations; region; society; set of bodies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMCP.2021.117974

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2021 Vol.14 No.2, pp.135 - 153

Received: 16 Aug 2020
Accepted: 14 Feb 2021
Published online: 05 Oct 2021 *

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