Organization Management Journal
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Abstract
This paper emphasizes the contribution of Michel Foucault and Pierre Hadot to discussions of workplace spirituality. It is argued that their understanding of spirituality differs significantly from the mainstream management contributions: they view spirituality as a distinct form of post-modern subjectivity in organizations and regard the subject as continuous flow emerging and being constructed not so much at the crossroad of institutions and macro-structures but from within, with the help of self-formation practices. We term the latter spirituality and argue, firstly, that there are strong (albeit controversial) connections between spiritual practices, the history of Christianity, and the philosophy of antiquity. Secondly, we suggest that spirituality as a relationship of the self to the self can only take place once the individual removes him/herself from the demands of the future or the shackles of the past and focuses entirely on the present with the help of technologies of the self.
Recommended Citation
Kelemen, Mihaela and Peltonen, Tuomo
(2005)
"Spirituality: A Way to Alternate Subjectivity?,"
Organization Management Journal: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarship.shu.edu/omj/vol2/iss1/11