scholarly journals Work as affective experience: The contribution of Christophe Dejours’ ‘psychodynamics of work’

Organization ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parisa Dashtipour ◽  
Bénédicte Vidaillet
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
The Body ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Leadership Motivation ◽  
Work Tasks ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Psychoanalytic perspectives (such as the Kleinian/Bionian and Lacanian literature) have made significant contributions to the study of affect in organizations. While some have pointed out the affects involved in work tasks, most of this literature generally focuses on the affects linked to organizational life (such as learning, leadership, motivation, power, or change). The center of attention is not on affects associated with the work process itself. We draw from the French psychodynamic theory of Christophe Dejours—who is yet to be known in English language organization studies—to make the following contributions. First, we show the relationship between affect and working by discussing Dejours’ notions of affective suffering, the real of work, the significance of the body, and ‘ordinary sublimation’. Second, we advance critical research in organization studies by demonstrating the centrality of work in the affective life of the subject. Third, the article reinterprets Menzies’ well-known hospital case study to illustrate how Dejours’ theory extends existing psychoanalytical approaches, and especially to point to the significant role of the work collective in supporting workers to work well. We conclude by suggesting that if the centrality of work in the affective life of the subject is acknowledged, it follows that resistance strategies, and work collectives’ struggle for emancipation, should focus on reclaiming work.

Living with Barren Truths: A Tale of Triumphalism and Tribulations of a Technology

2021 ◽  
pp. 097168582110159
Author(s):  
Sital Mohanty ◽  
Subhasis Sahoo ◽  
Pranay Kumar Swain
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Social Fact ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Science, technology and human values have been the subject of enquiry in the last few years for social scientists and eventually the relationship between science and gender is the subject of an ongoing debate. This is due to the event of globalization which led to the exponential growth of new technologies like assisted reproductive technology (ART). ART, one of the most iconic technological innovations of the twentieth century, has become increasingly a normal social fact of life. Since ART invades multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society and politics—it is important what is sociological about ART as well as what is biological. This article argues in commendation of sociology of technology, which is alert to its democratic potential but does not concurrently conceal the historical and continuing role of technology in legitimizing gender discrimination. The article draws the empirical insights from local articulations (i.e., Odisha state in eastern India) for the understandings of motherhood, freedom and choice, reproductive right and rights over the body to which ART has contributed. Sociologically, the article has been supplemented within the broader perspectives of determinism, compatibilism alongside feminism.

Physiotherapy and Human Relations

2016 ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Donald W. Winnicott
Keyword(s):  
Early Development ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Somatic Disorder ◽  
Somatic Disorders ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper on psycho-somatic disorders, Winnicott begins by acknowledging the vastness of the subject. Psycho-somatic disorder merges into the universal problem of the healthy interaction between the psyche and the soma—that is, between the personality of an individual and the body in which the person lives. The relationship between body and mind, role of early development and stages of emotional development are also discussed.

Social Practice, the Bodily Professions and the State

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sparks
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
English Language ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between sport and the modern state has been a focus of increased theoretical attention in recent years, particularly with respect to the role of sport in hegemony. At the same time there has been mounting interest in the significance of the body and bodily practices (including sports) as a site of political struggle. Yet, not much work has been done on the connection between these two projects. A monograph written in French and published in 1983 draws together many of these themes but has remained neglected in English-language sport sociology. This paper reviews Le corps programmé and discusses some of the book’s theoretical implications.

scholarly journals Meaning and its Effect on the Grammatical Guidance of (Gareebul Hadith): Al-zamakhshari's book Alfa'iq as a case study: المعنى وأثره في التوجيه النحوي لغريب الحديث: الفائق للزمخشري (ت538ه) أنموذجًا

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atef Ahmed Osman Khaimar
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Scientific Truth ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Grammatical Functions

  This research is based on the explanation of the meaning and its types and the need to understand it, and the concept of the parsing (Al-i’raab) and its importance, and the relationship between meaning and parsing (Al-i’raab), it also aims to demonstrate the grammatical guidance of (Gareebul Hadith), and its effect according to Zamakhshari, and reveal the manifestations of this effect, and expounding the basis of weighting according to him in case of multifaceted aspects of parsing (Al-i’raab). It also aims to reveal the role of meaning in his grammatical thought. To achieve these objectives, the research relied on analytical descriptive approach, and the required discussion, analysis and comment, in order to reach the scientific truth impartially and objectively. The nature of the subject necessitated that it be composed of two topics interceding an introduction and a conclusion. The first topic defined the meaning and parsing (Al-i’raab), and explained the relationship between them, through three sections addressing the concept of the meaning and the need to understand it, the concept of the parsing (Al-i’raab) and its importance, the relationship between the meaning and the parsing (Al-i’raab). The second topic showed the manifestations of the effect of the meaning in the grammatical guidance of (Gareebul Hadith) according to Zamakhshari, and it came in two sections; one dealt with what was attributed to the meaning in which the main touchstone in the grammatical guidance, and the latter studied what is likely with multifaceted aspects of parsing (Al-i’raab). One of the most important results of the research is that Zamakhshari not only in his grammatical guidance of (Gareebul Hadith) mentioned grammatical functions, but went beyond that to the semantic meaning, and the role of context in highlighting that meaning. The research also shows the effect of meaning according to Zamakhshari in mentioning the grammatical aspects allowable, and the differentiation between them is according to the power of meaning in each aspect. Among the recommendations of the researcher: The need to link between the Grammar and meaning, or between grammatical and semantic phenomena.    

The Role of the Body in the Production and Perception of Solo Vocal Performance: A Case Study of Annie Lennox

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane W. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Mental States ◽  
The Body ◽  
Vocal Performance ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
Functional Movement ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
The Relationship

The work described in this paper interprets the body movements of singers in an attempt to understand the relationships between physical control and the musical material being performed, and the performer's implicit and explicit expressive intentions. The work builds upon a previous literature which has suggested that the relationship between physical execution and the expression of mental states is a subtle and complex one. For instance, performers appear to develop a vocabulary of expressive gestures, yet these gestures – though perceptually discreet – co-exist and are even integrated to become part of the functional movement of playing. Additionally, there is the matter of how both musical and extra-musical concerns are coordinated between performer, co-performers and audience using body movements. A case study shows how, in the interaction between body style, musical expression and communication movements of both an individual and culturally-determined style are used. Many of these performance movements have clear functions and meanings: to communicate expressive intention (for instance, a sudden surge forwards to facilitate the execution of a loud musical passage, or a high curving hand gesture to link sections of the music during a pause); to communicate to the audience or co-performers a need for co-ordination or participation (for example, nodding the head to indicate “now” for the audience to join in a chorus of a song; or exchanging glances for the co-performer to take over a solo); to signal extra-musical concerns (for example, gesturing to the audience to remain quiet); and to present information about the performer's personality, with their individualized characteristics providing important cues (muted contained gestures, or large extravagant gestures, for example); to show off to the audience. From these results a theory is developed to explain how gestural elements help to make a performance meaningful.

L'International: The World's First International Journal and the Possibilities and Limits of International Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Davies
Keyword(s):  
Important Case ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Policy Sector ◽  
International Team ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pluralist Approach

Abstract L'International, a journal published in Paris in the 1840s that brought together an international team of intellectuals aiming to advance international studies, represents not only a forgotten milestone in the development of international studies but also provides an important case study shedding light on the challenges that need to be overcome in the development of international studies as a distinctive area of research. This article considers both the potential and the limits of the approach to international studies set out in L'International with a view to further understanding the potential and limits of international studies today. It elucidates four features of the approach taken in L'International pertinent to debates in today's discipline: (i) the boundaries of international studies; (ii) the nature of a scientific approach to the subject; (iii) the role of race, gender, and class; and (iv) the relationship between international studies and the policy sector. While its contributors were notable for putting forward a pluralist approach to the subject, their efforts were marred by their consideration of a limited set of interests.

The Ergative in Warlpiri: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Laughren
Keyword(s):  
Logical Object ◽  
Verb Phrase ◽  
Dative Case ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Finite Clause ◽  
The Relationship

The DP subject of a Warlpiri finite clause containing verbs of a certain class is marked with the ergative suffix whereas other DP subjects are morphologically unmarked. This chapter examines the wider distribution in Warlpiri of the ergative morpheme and the varied functions of ergative-marked DPs in both finite and non-finite clauses. Particular focus is on the relationship between the subject-marking and instrument adjunct-marking role of the ergative suffix. Unlike finite transitive clauses in which both an agent subject and an instrument adjunct are marked ergative, in non-finite clauses only one of these can be marked ergative: the instrument adjunct in clauses where the agent subject is realized either as phonologically null PRO or as a dative case-marked DP external to the verb phrase; the agent or instrument subject contained in the infinitival phrase embedded in a stative predicate whose external subject is co-referent with the logical object of the embedded verb.

Spaces that Matter: Gender Performativity and Organizational Space

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Tyler ◽  
Laurie Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
The Body ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Gender Performativity ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Grey Area ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
University Setting

This paper examines the relationship between gender performativity and organizational space. Specifically, it focuses on some of the ways in which gender is materialized in and through workspace in accordance with the dominant gender norms shaping organizational life, a theme that has been relatively neglected within organization studies to date. Judith Butler’s (1988, 1993, 2000 [1990], 2004) performative analysis of gender draws critical attention to the body as a medium through which the gendered subject is brought into being, or made to ‘matter’, as she puts it. This paper seeks to extend Butler’s analysis of gender performativity, focusing on the evocation and materialization of these norms through the gendered inhabitation of organizational space. Inspired by a piece of work by contemporary video artist Sofia Hulten called Grey Area, it develops Butler’s analysis with reference to data generated in a series of focus groups and interviews with women working in diverse roles within a university setting. The analysis of the findings of this research links Butler’s work on ‘bodies that matter’ to Lefebvre’s (1991) concept of ‘representational spaces’, arguing that an important but relatively neglected aspect of the organizational materialization of the gendered self is the performance of ‘spaces that matter’.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF APPLICATION OF EMOTIONAL VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH ARTISTIC DISCOURSE (A CASE STUDY OF THE WORK OF O. WILD, J. STEINВEСK, J. GRISHAM AND OTHERS)

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Bober N.M.
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Positive Spectrum ◽  
Perlocutionary Effect ◽  
The Relationship

The article explores the concept of emotionality and compares it with the concept of “expressiveness”. It was found that emotionality is complex and it synthesizes qualitative psychological, literary and linguistic characteristics. It is concluded that it is expedient to use the concept of emotionally – expressive vocabulary (coloring) to express both the reason for the formation of emotion and the consequence that comes from it. Emphasis is placed on another important part of the emotional vocabulary – evaluative statements that have a certain illocutionary power, designed for a very specific perlocutionary effect, and evaluation is passed through the human emotional sphere of the psyche. Different ways of expressing emotional vocabulary are described, and the most emotional vocabulary is divided into five main groups: emotives – nominatives, emotives – associatives, emotives – expressives, occasional emotives, neutral emotives.In addition, the research focuses on exclamations and phraseology, as the most effective way to convey the full range of emotions (highlighted phrases that describe the state of despair, sadness, dissatisfaction, indignation; phraseological units that characterize joy). The role of different parts of speech is described and the cause-consequential connection with emotionality is indicated. The dominant role of synonyms and artistic paths in the transmission of a positive spectrum of emotions is reflected. The peculiarity of phraseological units, which are the semantic centers of macro- and microtext, is revealed and examples of their application for the translation of emotions and feelings from the English-language artistic discourse are given. Phonetic-orthographic features of emotional elements are processed and structured (repeated repetition of sounds in writing; distribution of sounds by hyphens, expression of phrasal stress by application of italics, replacement of font, underlining, use of a colon). The relationship between a part of the work and the author’s dominant ways of conveying emotions in the work of art is indicated.Key words: expression, phrasema, emotiologies, affectives, semantic basis, illocutionary force, perlocutionary effect, negative connotation, occasional. У статті досліджено концепт емоційності й зіставлено його з поняттям «експресивність». З’ясовано, що емотивність має комплексний характер і синтезує в собі якісні психологічні, літературні, лінгвістичні характеристики. Підсумовано, що доцільно застосовувати поняття емоційно-експресивна лексика (забарвлення) для вираження як причини формування емоції, так і наслідку, що виходить із неї. Наголошено на ще одній важливій частині в рамках емотивної лексики – оцінних висловлюваннях, які володіють певною іллокутивною силою, розраховані на досить конкретний перлокутивний ефект, а оцінка пропускається через людську емоційну сферу психіки. Схарактеризовано різні способи вираження емотивної лексики, а саму емотивну лексику поділено на п’ять основних груп: емотиви-номінативи, емотиви-соціативи, емотиви-експресиви, оказіональні емотиви, нейтральні емотиви.До того ж у науковому дослідженні акцентовано на вигуках і фразеологізмах як на найефектнішному спо-собі передачі всього спектру емоцій (виокремлено фраземи, які описують стан відчаю, смутку, незадоволення, обурення; фразеологічні одиниці, що характеризують радість). Описано роль різних частин мови й вказано на причино-наслідковий зв’язок з емотивністю. Зображено домінівну роль синонімів і художніх троп під час передачі позитивного спектру емоцій. Розкрито особливість фразеологізмів, котрі є семантичними основами, центральними елементами макро- й мікротексту, й наведено приклади їх застосування для трансляції емоцій і відчуття в англомовному художньому дискурсі. Опрацьовано й структуровано фонетико-орфографічні ознаки емоційних елементів (багаторазове повторення звуків на письмі; розподіл звуків дефісом, вираження фразового наголосу шляхом застосування курсиву, заміни шрифту, підкреслення, застосування трикрапки). Вказано на взаємозв’язок частини твору з домінівними способами передачі емоцій автором у художньому творі.Ключові слова: експресія, фразема, емотиологія, афективи, семантична основа, іллокутивна сила, перло-кутивний ефект, негативна конотація, оказіональний.

El documental inmersivo: comprender el fenómeno en los relatos de no ficción a través de una propuesta de tipología

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba Marín
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Study Methods ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Estudio De Caso

Following the evolution of the documentary and the transformation of representation based on the development of image technologies, the immersive documentary endows the nonfiction audiovisual genre with new qualities. In this context, their differentiating characteristics are identified and described, adapting the study methods to the nature of such productions. Through a filmic analysis of 30 immersive documentaries and a complementary case study, we present a first proposal for the modalities of the immersive documentary. The results point to the central role of the user and the relationship between the image, the medium, and the body as key to understanding immersive nonfiction experiences. Resumen Siguiendo con la evolución del documental y la transformación de la representación a partir del desarrollo de las tecnologías de la imagen, el documental inmersivo dota al género audiovisual de no ficción de nuevas cualidades. En este contexto, pretendemos identificar y describir sus características diferenciadoras adaptando los métodos de estudio a la naturaleza de las producciones. Mediante un análisis fílmico de 30 documentales inmersivos y un estudio de caso complementario, presentamos una primera propuesta de modalidades de esta clase de producción. Los resultados apuntan al rol central del usuario y a la relación entre la imagen, el medio y el cuerpo como la clave para comprender las experiencias inmersivas de no ficción.

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