Myths as errors and inventions: the shadow of tradition in pa praxis

Q2 Social Sciences
Ricardo Schmukler
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impossible segregation of founding myths from any actual understanding of life in common, the public good and PA theorizing. The notion of shadow as used by Robert Denhardt to designate the “other side” of rational motives in organizing fits well with the approach to PA myths here intended, in consonance with the theme of unity in apparent opposites and the “intensely meaningful acts of heroes and heroines” (Denhardt, 1981, p. xii). Finally, the questionable opposition between logos and myth will be reviewed along the discussion of the sacred and the secret in PA tradition. Design/methodology/approach The author examines PA myths and discusses conjectures and explanations. Findings PA founding myths are not false believes or illusionary entities but genuine precursors and effective backstage arrangers of theory and praxis. The processes of languaging, musicking and organizing, basic human traits and fundamental events for human life to occur and get structured as it does, cannot prescind from them. Myths are intertwined with reasons and desires, inseparable, coexisting in the unified and pluriversal forms of doing, knowing and valuing that configure human life. Nothing different corresponds to PA and its myths as key components of the processes of thought, action and judgment that constitute the public domain. Originality/value PA myths persist not only through the ages of the administrative state but through the transformations of thoughts also occurred in each theorist’s own life experience. At different times, situations and conditions all of us – the author guess – have addressed this or that PA myth for motives worth deserving the reiterated discussion. It was never the same discussion; it could not have been, it is not, and it will not ever be.
作为错误和发明的神话:传统在实践中的影子
本文的目的是讨论建国神话与对共同生活、公共利益和个人权力理论化的任何实际理解之间不可能的分离。罗伯特·登哈特(Robert Denhardt)使用阴影的概念来指定组织中理性动机的“另一面”,这与这里所要表达的PA神话的方法非常吻合,与明显对立中的统一主题和“英雄和女英雄的强烈有意义的行为”(Denhardt, 1981, p. xii)一致。最后,logos和神话之间的可疑对立将随着PA传统中神圣和秘密的讨论而得到回顾。设计/方法/方法作者考察了PA的神话,并讨论了猜想和解释。发现创立神话不是虚假的信仰或虚幻的实体,而是理论和实践的真实先驱和有效的幕后安排者。语言,音乐和组织的过程,人类的基本特征以及人类生活发生和组织的基本事件,都不能脱离它们。神话与理性和欲望交织在一起,不可分割,在构成人类生活的行为、认知和价值的统一和多元形式中共存。作为构成公共领域的思想、行动和判断过程的关键组成部分,PA和它的神话没有什么不同。原创性/价值神话不仅在行政国家的时代中持续存在,而且在每个理论家自己的生活经验中也发生了思想的转变。作者猜测,在不同的时间、情况和条件下,我们所有人都曾为了值得反复讨论的动机而讨论过这个或那个PA神话。这从来不是同样的讨论;过去不可能是,现在不是,将来也不会是。
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International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior
International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior Social Sciences-Public Administration
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期刊介绍: The International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior brings together researchers and practitioners, both within and outside the United States, who are in the areas of organization theory, management, development, and behavior. This journal covers all private, public and not-for-profit organizations’ theories and behavior.
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