Brinkmann, Ulrich ; Heiland, Heiner ; Seelinger, Martin (2022)
Corporate Public Spheres between Refeudalization and Revitalization.
In: Theory, Culture & Society, 39 (4)
doi: 10.1177/0263276422110469
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The article critically analyses the gaps and the analytical potential in Jürgen Habermas’s The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere concerning corporate discourses and debates. It is shown that Habermas only analyses the field of work in abstract terms, neglecting in particular corporate public spheres. In contrast, corporate public spheres are developed as an analytical concept, expressed by companies in the form of institutionalized co-determination, situationally granted opportunities for participation and self-willed public spheres of workers. These three fields are discussed using empirical examples. It is shown that corporate public spheres are eroded by precarization and instrumentalized by management. Furthermore, digitalization is working towards a comprehensive algorithmic control of corporate public spheres by companies, but also towards new autonomous communication networks that establish proletarian public spheres, so that both refeudalization and revitalization of corporate public spheres can be observed.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2022 |
| Creators: | Brinkmann, Ulrich ; Heiland, Heiner ; Seelinger, Martin |
| Type of entry: | Bibliographie |
| Title: | Corporate Public Spheres between Refeudalization and Revitalization |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2022 |
| Place of Publication: | London |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Theory, Culture & Society |
| Volume of the journal: | 39 |
| Issue Number: | 4 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0263276422110469 |
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| Abstract: | The article critically analyses the gaps and the analytical potential in Jürgen Habermas’s The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere concerning corporate discourses and debates. It is shown that Habermas only analyses the field of work in abstract terms, neglecting in particular corporate public spheres. In contrast, corporate public spheres are developed as an analytical concept, expressed by companies in the form of institutionalized co-determination, situationally granted opportunities for participation and self-willed public spheres of workers. These three fields are discussed using empirical examples. It is shown that corporate public spheres are eroded by precarization and instrumentalized by management. Furthermore, digitalization is working towards a comprehensive algorithmic control of corporate public spheres by companies, but also towards new autonomous communication networks that establish proletarian public spheres, so that both refeudalization and revitalization of corporate public spheres can be observed. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | co-determination, digitalization, Habermas, industrial relations, organization, participation, public sphere |
| Additional Information: | This article is part of the Theory, Culture & Society special issue on 'A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere?', edited by Martin Seeliger and Sebastian Sevignani |
| Divisions: | 02 Department of History and Social Science 02 Department of History and Social Science > Institut für Soziologie 02 Department of History and Social Science > Institut für Soziologie > Soziologie - Organisationssoziologie |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2024 10:03 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2024 06:49 |
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