Organizations and Humiliation
Looking beyond Elias
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7104748 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Smith (0000-0002-0194-9926, Loughborough University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 537-560 |
| Publication date | 2001-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/135050840183005 |
| OpenAlex | W2032011477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 32 |
Elias's approach to the civilizing process is discussed and some of its limitations outlined. An alternative approach focusing upon humiliation is introduced. The paper argues that humiliation processes play an important part in organizations and in the broader social environment in which they are embedded. It is also claimed that to understand humiliation it is necessary to grasp its relationship to hierarchy, history and human rights. That means first stepping back so that the broader socio-historical framework can be considered, then moving back in close to see how humiliation mechanisms may work in particular organizational contexts. A typology of humiliation mechanisms is introduced, humiliation is distinguished from shame and an interpretation of certain macro-historical developments is outlined in terms of humiliation processes. The preceding analysis lays the groundwork for a typology of organizations with particular reference to their implications for humiliation. The concluding part suggests a research agenda and draws the argument together
Argument (complex analysis · Economics · Epistemology · Humiliation · Interpretation (philosophy · Positive economics · Shame · Sociology · Typology · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sociology and Norbert Elias
From “Nothing” to “Something”
Norbert Elias's Impact on Organization Studies
The ethical difference of Organization
A figurational analysis of the role of the church in handling issues of widowhood amid Covid-19 in northern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa
Entrepreneurship and ‘the social’
Civility and Humiliation under the French Flag
Organising outsourced workers in UK’s new trade unionism - emotions, protest, and collective identity
Displacement and reconciliation
Repression and Solidary Cultures of Resistance
Social Fluidity and Social Displacement
The Germans
The Frankfurt School
Capitalist Democracy on Trial
Emotions, the Social Bond, and Human Reality
Economy and Society
Scientific Establishments and Hierarchies
Bloody Revenge
The Dialectical Imagination
Dueling
Norbert Elias and Modern Social Theory
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Racism and humiliation in the African-American community
Transcending Humiliation
Managing Humiliation
Humiliation and human rights
Reflections on the Causes of Human Misery
The evolution of social attractiveness and its role in shame, humiliation, guilt and therapy
Humiliation
The humiliation dynamic
The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521
The Chicago School
Microsociology
Culture of honor
Studies in the Genesis of the Naval Profession
The Changing Balance of Power between the Sexes - A Process-Sociological Study
Conditions of Successful Degradation Ceremonies
The Civilizing Process and The History of Sexuality
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |