Propositions on the organizational form

Geert Lovink, Ned Rossiter

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Abstract

Afterword: The quest of organization haunts us. If anarchists were once said to defy authority, nowadays we defy organization. Structures are perceived to hold us back and pin us down with the iron cage of identity. The solidified social limits our freedom with its demand of never-ending “engagement.” How desperate is it to live your life as an insulated rebel without a cause? Instead, we should ask, what is pure organization? Is there a new core that we could define and design? What’s commitment outside of today’s technosocial conventions? Are there bonds that create ties, unhinged from procedure, unfettered by bureaucracy? Is there a form of conspiracy that operates without all the tiresome preparations? Mutual aid and local self-organization come to mind, but what if we’re forced to pursue organization of the unorganizables? Does a self-evident General Will exist that does not need to be discussed and exhaustively questioned? Having arrived at this point, we can clearly see the romantic undertone of the Critique of Organization. What’s a lean revolution, an effortless regime change? Can we presuppose a hive mind that performs like an automaton? Humans, coming together, create the Event, simply because of an inner urge to experience relations without guarantees.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrganize
EditorsTimon Beyes, Lisa Conrad, Reinhold Martin
Place of PublicationU.S./Germany
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press in collaboration with Meson Press
Pages89-101
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9783957961518
ISBN (Print)9781517908058
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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Keywords

  • organizations
  • organizational behavior
  • mass media
  • social media
  • neoliberalism

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