How to Create an Optopia? – Kim Stanley Robinson's “Ministry for the Future” and the Politics of Hope

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Journal of Management Inquiry Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI:10.1177/10564926231169170

A. Mikes, S. New

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Kim Stanley Robinson—award-winning science fiction writer—has warned us that our current history is a choice between utopia or catastrophe. In this interview and in the following reflections, we explore the implications of this existential choice for the social science disciplines; in particular, economics, finance, accounting, and management. Our goals are to build a provocation and develop some propositions about the direction of capitalism and the purpose of management research in an age of climate crisis. Against the backdrop of dread and greed and the specter of plutocratic capitalism, we offer a politics of hope. We envision a green capitalism in which corporations are held accountable for environmental and social stewardship. Rather than falling back on government or the corporation as an “either/or” choice, we urge a “both/and” approach and call for the active inclusion of communities and citizens in climate response through democratic, polycentric governance structures. Within this agenda, we envision a new role for the academy as “Ministry”; namely, giving voice to future generations and the silent (or silenced) victims of the present and, by embracing pragmatic realism, inspiring a liveable future—an optopia—that we can still forge from where we are.

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如何创建一个Optopia？-金的“未来部”与希望政治

获奖科幻作家金·斯坦利·罗宾逊警告我们，我们当前的历史是在乌托邦和灾难之间做出选择。在这次采访和以下反思中，我们探讨了这种生存选择对社会科学学科的启示；特别是经济学、金融学、会计和管理学。我们的目标是在气候危机时代建立一种挑衅，并发展一些关于资本主义方向和管理研究目的的主张。在恐惧、贪婪和财阀资本主义幽灵的背景下，我们提供了一种希望政治。我们设想一个绿色资本主义，让企业对环境和社会管理负责。我们敦促采取“兼而有之”的方法，并呼吁通过民主、多中心的治理结构，让社区和公民积极参与气候应对，而不是将政府或公司作为“非此即彼”的选择。在这一议程中，我们设想学院将扮演一个新的角色，即“部”；也就是说，为子孙后代和现在沉默（或沉默）的受害者发声，并通过拥抱务实的现实主义，激发一个宜居的未来——一个我们仍然可以从现在开始打造的乌托邦。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Management Inquiry, sponsored by the Western Academy of Management, is a refereed journal for scholars and professionals in management, organizational behavior, strategy, and human resources. Its intent is to explore ideas and build knowledge in management theory and practice, with a focus on creative, nontraditional research as well as key controversies in the field. The journal seeks to maintain a constructive balance between innovation and quality, and at the same time widely define the forms that relevant contributions to the field can take. JMI features six sections: Meet the Person, Provocations, Reflections on Experience, Nontraditional Research, Essays, and Dialog.