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Postmodernism in Business Studiesn rewarded with publishing and career successes, it has also exposed methodological and theoretical problems. Major differences within postmodernist thought are ignored. New concepts—drawn from theorists such as Paul Ricoeur and Bruno Latour—are expounded, with little attempt being made to integrate such ideas with earlier frameworks.

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Reflectionsconomics and wealth creation. Popper’s emphasis on logical deduction and his associated hostility to logical induction are also declared deficit. For although the theses drawn from logical induction can never be disproved in the way that conclusions drawn from deduction can, they nevertheless remain vital to social and economic inquiry.

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solutions to societal problems.Highlights the need for empirThis work examines the rise of postmodernism in management scholarship and argues that the prevalence of postmodernist thought reflects a lack of understanding by management researchers of the core principles upon which Western business end

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Introduction, most successful model for “modernisation”, it is argued, is one associated not just with “capitalism”. Instead, it is premised on an embrace of market economies, respect for private property and individual rights, political democracy, and legally free and mobile labour forces. Although there are sh

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Intellectual Heritage: Debates at the Roots of Modernity and Postmodernismwith the dominant ideas of the European Enlightenment—which emphasised rationality and material progress—there were always dissidents. Idealist philosophers questioned whether the material world could be comprehended at all. The French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that industrialisation

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Structuralism and Postmodernismged by the literary deconstructionist analysis of Jacques Derrida; critiques that built on the earlier work of Emmanuel Levinas, Roland Barthes, and Martin Heidegger. Subsequently, postmodernists also challenged “structuralist” analysis (i.e. the view that social outcomes are influenced by economic,

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The Foundations of Postmodernismand Jameson, believe that postmodernism is an actual social condition. Others see it as a critique of modernity. Even here, there are differences. Foucault regarded with disdain claims by Derrida and others that they could detect “traces”, hidden meanings of past existence, within texts. Derrida in

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Postmodernism in Business Studiesthat suggest all knowledge is a subjective social construct—have made much progress in business studies. In advancing postmodernist ideas, however, there has been a tendency to downplay direct inspiration from Foucault, Derrida, and Hayden White. This chapter suggests that although this path has bee