Decaf Resistance
On Misbehavior, Cynicism, and Desire in Liberal Workplaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23318705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alessia Contu (Warwick Business School, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 364-379 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Management Communication Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0893-3189 • E-ISSN: 1552-6798 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0893318907310941 |
| OpenAlex | W1994431605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 116 |
| References cited | 35 |
The author reconnects resistance in production to its radical roots. Current literature suggests that resistance in the liberal workplaces of late capitalism has gone underground, becoming mostly evident in unofficial, offstage practices such as cynicism, parody, and humor. The author argues this resistance is too often a decaf resistance. This is a resistance without the cost of radically changing the economy of enjoyment, which ties us to our master. The author argues that resistance, as a real act, which suspends and changes the constellation of power relations, has a cost that cannot be accounted for in advance. To understand this cost, we need an ethics, which the author calls, following Lacan, the Ethics of the Real.
Capitalism · Cynicism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 116 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,44 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 112 |