Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies

Antonio Strati is a senior professor of sociology of innovation and organization at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Trento, Italy, and chercheur associé at i3-CRG, École polytechnique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France.

PART I: Philosophy and Organizational Aesthetics










Relevance of Philosophical Aesthetics in Organization Studies






Polysemy, Mystery, Intensity



Tacit Dimension of Knowing and Aesthetics



The sublime and the Categories of Aesthetics



Philosophy and the Aesthetic Study of Organization





Interlude I: Poetry as manifesto N.2








Organizational Lens, Art Photography and Creation Process






Let’s Give a Chance to the Walls



No Detail is Insignificant in Art Photography



Perception and the Materiality of the Image’s Virtual Body





Interlude II: Designing the bottle to own its water








Art, Everyday Aesthetics and Organizational Theory






Photography as a Metaphor of Organizational Aesthetics



Philosophy of Art, that’s the Problem



Art and Aesthetics in Eastern and Western Recent Philosophy





Interlude III: Homage to Gaspare Traversi



PART II: Three Philosophical Sensibilities








Aesthetic Philosophy and the Aesthetic Approach






Fundamental Characteristics of the Aesthetic Approach



Phenomenological and Post-Humanistic Awareness





Interlude IV: Riviera Mediterranea








Practice and the Italian Aesthetic Philosophies






Formativeness and the Aesthetic Approach



Practice as a Trait of Italian Philosophical Aesthetics





Interlude V: La dame, la licorne et le miroir








Aesthetic, Hermeneutic and Performative Sensibility






Aesthetic Sensibility



Hermeneutic and Performative Sensibilities



Giving Form: Philosophical Sensibilities and Organizational Theory



Interlude VI: Homage to Niki de Saint Phalle



Epilogue: Playing with Philosophical Aesthetics to Understand Organization