Ethics and entangled embodiment : bodies-materialities-organization

Dale, Karen and Latham, Yvonne (2015) Ethics and entangled embodiment : bodies-materialities-organization. Organization, 22 (2). pp. 166-182. ISSN 1350-5084

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Abstract

In this article, we are concerned with the ethical implications of the entanglement of embodiment and non-human materialities. We argue for an approach to embodiment which recognises its inextricable relationship with multiple materialities. From this, three ethical points are made: first, we argue for an ethical relation to ‘things’ not simply as inanimate objects but as the neglected Others of humanity’s (social and material) world. Second, there is a need to recognise different particularities within these entanglements. We draw on the work of Merleau-Ponty and Levinas to think through how the radical alterity of these Others can be acknowledged, whilst also recognising our intercorporeal intertwining with them. Third, we argue that recognition of this interconnectedness and entanglement is a necessary ethical and political position from which the drawing of boundaries and creation of separations that are inherent in social organising can be understood and which contribute to the denigration, discrimination and dismissal of particular forms of embodiment, including those of non-human Others. In order to explore the ethical implications of these entanglements, we draw upon fieldwork in a large UK-based not-for-profit organisation which seeks to provide support for disabled people through a diverse range of services. Examining entanglements in relation to the disabled body makes visible and problematises the multiple differences of embodiments and their various interrelationships with materiality.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Organization
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The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Organization, 22 (2), 2015, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Organization page: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/org on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
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Subjects:
?? disabilitiesembodimententanglementethicslevinasmaterialitiesmerleau-pontygeneral business,management and accountingstrategy and managementmanagement of technology and innovationbusiness, management and accounting(all) ??
ID Code:
73336
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Deposited On:
09 Apr 2015 08:45
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Yes
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Published
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