Robert Halsall
Biographic Data
| ID | 1130736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Halsall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Halsall |
| SIGNATURE | HALSALL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Robert Gordon University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6415-0695 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The role of CEO (auto-) biographies in the dissemination of neo-ascetic leadership styles
This paper attempts to relate the critical analysis of religious or "sacred" metaphors in leadership to the theory of askēsis, the idea of leader as an incarnation of a virtue defined as "the formation of a full, perfect, complete and self-sufficient relationship with oneself." A model of leadership based on askēsis, it is argued, is established by means of the form of rhetoric called the exemplum, by means of which leaders derive authority from …
Signs of crisis and recovery
This article examines the role of models of capitalism in the media coverage \nsurrounding the economic crisis in the period 2008–2009 in the UK and German \npress, during the outbreak of the crisis and the beginning of the ‘recovery’ from it. \nModels of capitalism are conceived of as ‘geographical imaginaries’, discursive \nentities by means of which nations mediate their economic fortunes vis-a`-vis \nglobal capitalism. By drawing upon histori…
Askēsis and organizational culture
This article makes the case for the contribution of the cultural theory of Sloterdijk and the tradition of philosophical anthropology on which it is based to an understanding of the processes of culture formation in organizations. Rather than see culture formation as the model of an autonomous self which sacrifices or gives up this autonomy as a result of identification with the organizational culture, or retains it by resisting or distancing fro…
Intercultural Mergers and Acquisitions as `Legitimacy Crises' of Models of Capitalism
This paper examines media discourse surrounding two UK— German intercultural business controversies: the takeover of the German company Mannesmann by the British company Vodafone in 1999, and the disposal of its British subsidiary Rover by its German parent company BMW in 2000. These controversies were framed in the media of both countries as part of a `clash of cultures of capitalism', with the `Anglo-Saxon model' on one side and the `German soc…
From ‘business culture’ to ‘brand state’
This article examines changing conceptions of culture and nation in business literature from the early 1990s to the present. In the early 1990s the growth of literature concerned with depicting the cultural differences between national varieties of capitalism and business systems seemingly betokened an interest in diversity in the business world. This seeming interest in cultural diversity, however, concealed an implicit neo‐liberal teleology whi…
Sloterdijk's theory of cynicism, ressentiment and ‘horizontal communication’
This article attempts to bring the work of the German philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk to a wider audience in the English-speaking world. The article makes the case for Sloterdijk's ideas being an important contribution to the analysis and critique of contemporary culture, in particular to the diagnosis of cynicism, the position of the intellectual or critic, and the nature of communication in relation to the distinction between…
The Problem of Autonomy in the Works of Hermann Broch
Young Asian Males
Young Asian Males: social exclusion and social injustice in British professional football
Ladenschluss Revisited
The ladenschlussdebatte
Architectural debates in post‐unification Berlin
The treuhand
(1995). The treuhand: A look back in anger. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 85-102
Guilt and the Law in Broch's Die Schuldlosen
Askēsis and organizational culture
This article makes the case for the contribution of the cultural theory of Sloterdijk and the tradition of philosophical anthropology on which it is based to an understanding of the processes of culture formation in organizations. Rather than see culture formation as the model of an autonomous self which sacrifices or gives up this autonomy as a result of identification with the organizational culture, or retains it by resisting or distancing fro…
The role of CEO (auto-) biographies in the dissemination of neo-ascetic leadership styles
This paper attempts to relate the critical analysis of religious or "sacred" metaphors in leadership to the theory of askēsis, the idea of leader as an incarnation of a virtue defined as "the formation of a full, perfect, complete and self-sufficient relationship with oneself." A model of leadership based on askēsis, it is argued, is established by means of the form of rhetoric called the exemplum, by means of which leaders derive authority from …
From ‘business culture’ to ‘brand state’
This article examines changing conceptions of culture and nation in business literature from the early 1990s to the present. In the early 1990s the growth of literature concerned with depicting the cultural differences between national varieties of capitalism and business systems seemingly betokened an interest in diversity in the business world. This seeming interest in cultural diversity, however, concealed an implicit neo‐liberal teleology whi…
Sloterdijk's theory of cynicism, ressentiment and ‘horizontal communication’
This article attempts to bring the work of the German philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk to a wider audience in the English-speaking world. The article makes the case for Sloterdijk's ideas being an important contribution to the analysis and critique of contemporary culture, in particular to the diagnosis of cynicism, the position of the intellectual or critic, and the nature of communication in relation to the distinction between…
Ladenschluss Revisited
The treuhand
(1995). The treuhand: A look back in anger. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 85-102
Guilt and the Law in Broch's Die Schuldlosen
The treuhand
(1995). The treuhand: A look back in anger. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 85-102
Architectural debates in post‐unification Berlin
The ladenschlussdebatte
Young Asian Males
Young Asian Males: social exclusion and social injustice in British professional football
Ladenschluss Revisited
The Problem of Autonomy in the Works of Hermann Broch
Sloterdijk's theory of cynicism, ressentiment and ‘horizontal communication’
This article attempts to bring the work of the German philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk to a wider audience in the English-speaking world. The article makes the case for Sloterdijk's ideas being an important contribution to the analysis and critique of contemporary culture, in particular to the diagnosis of cynicism, the position of the intellectual or critic, and the nature of communication in relation to the distinction between…
Intercultural Mergers and Acquisitions as `Legitimacy Crises' of Models of Capitalism
This paper examines media discourse surrounding two UK— German intercultural business controversies: the takeover of the German company Mannesmann by the British company Vodafone in 1999, and the disposal of its British subsidiary Rover by its German parent company BMW in 2000. These controversies were framed in the media of both countries as part of a `clash of cultures of capitalism', with the `Anglo-Saxon model' on one side and the `German soc…
From ‘business culture’ to ‘brand state’
This article examines changing conceptions of culture and nation in business literature from the early 1990s to the present. In the early 1990s the growth of literature concerned with depicting the cultural differences between national varieties of capitalism and business systems seemingly betokened an interest in diversity in the business world. This seeming interest in cultural diversity, however, concealed an implicit neo‐liberal teleology whi…
Askēsis and organizational culture
This article makes the case for the contribution of the cultural theory of Sloterdijk and the tradition of philosophical anthropology on which it is based to an understanding of the processes of culture formation in organizations. Rather than see culture formation as the model of an autonomous self which sacrifices or gives up this autonomy as a result of identification with the organizational culture, or retains it by resisting or distancing fro…
Signs of crisis and recovery
This article examines the role of models of capitalism in the media coverage \nsurrounding the economic crisis in the period 2008–2009 in the UK and German \npress, during the outbreak of the crisis and the beginning of the ‘recovery’ from it. \nModels of capitalism are conceived of as ‘geographical imaginaries’, discursive \nentities by means of which nations mediate their economic fortunes vis-a`-vis \nglobal capitalism. By drawing upon histori…
The role of CEO (auto-) biographies in the dissemination of neo-ascetic leadership styles
This paper attempts to relate the critical analysis of religious or "sacred" metaphors in leadership to the theory of askēsis, the idea of leader as an incarnation of a virtue defined as "the formation of a full, perfect, complete and self-sufficient relationship with oneself." A model of leadership based on askēsis, it is argued, is established by means of the form of rhetoric called the exemplum, by means of which leaders derive authority from …
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