Table of Contents
Introduction: The Sociological Apocalypse 1
Organizing and organizations 10
Stories of hope 14
And then there was hope: level of narration 19
Global change 19
Local Stories 24
Slow thinking, sudden leap: level of interpretation 31
Doors and exits: Level of Metaphor 34
1 Sow seeds of hope 40
Philosophy
Thinking hope 40
A philosophical quest for better organization 42
Sociology
Sociological reflection as a way out of the taken for granted 52
Organizational sociology 55
Physchology
The force of the human mind 63
Pyschological lessons for organizational settings 65
A.D. Jankowicz: An approach from Personal Construct Theory 71
One more conversation about psychology and organizing 73
2 Make it grow 77
Poetics
Everything is poetry 77
Poetic organizing 79
Art
What is Art? 91
Organizing by Art 94
Music
Music for the lively mind 100
Music and organizing 102
3 Water daily 114
History
History and presence 114
Organizational history 117
Roy Jacques: History, why? 121
Mythical Stories
Myths for the profane 124
Organizational mythmaking 127
Religion
Kristin Falk Saughau: What is religion good for? 137
Religion sustains hope 137
Religion and organizing 144
4 See it rise! 152
Architecture
Imagine an architecture / imagine a wall by Reuben Woolley 152
Hopeful architecture 152
Architecture and organization 154
Radical politics
A politics of hope 166
Radical politics of organization 168
Nigel Slack: Why is it important to be a local activist? 168
Radical organizing 169
Alternative organizations
Simply, organizations 176
There is an (organizational) alternative 179
Disalienation 190
Martin Parker: The Hope for Something Other 194
Coda: In praise of margins 197
Fall 203
Endnotes 204
