The wife and I have a 'nuclear option' in our infrequent bickerings, namely "whatever you need to tell yourself". It's such a supreme asshole move that we use it either sparingly or tongue-in-cheek. Because, after all, it is a claim to superior knowledge over someone else's 'false consciousness', isn't it? And indifference to that view,... Continue Reading →
DDT is good for meeeee!! And ‘defensive institutional work’
So, the latest to write about in my 'only read what you intent to blog' Maguire, S. and Hardy, C. 2009. Discourse and Deinstitutionalization: The Decline of DDT. Academy of Management Journal, Vo. 52, (1), pp.148-178. There’s heaps of good stuff in this paper, which is about how DDT went from hero to zero in... Continue Reading →