Utopian Materialities

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dc.contributor.author	Elgaard Jensen, Torben	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:24:23Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:24:23Z
dc.date.issued	2004-03-02T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6706
dc.description.abstract	In various ways, this paper makes the counter-intuitive claim that the utopian and the material are thoroughly interdependent, rather than worlds apart. First, through a reading of Thomas More’s Utopia, it is argued that Utopia is the product of particular kinds of relations, rather than merely a detachment from the known world. Second, the utopianism of a new economy firm is examined. It is argued that the physical set-up of the firm – in particular the distribution of tables and chairs – evoke a number of alternatives to ordinary work practice. In this way the materialities of the firm are crucial to its persuasive image of being the office of the future. The notion that utopia is achieved through material arrangements is finally related to the analysis of facts and fictions in ANT. It is argued, that even though Utopias are neither fact nor fiction, they are both material and effective on the configuration of networks; Where facts tend to stabilise the network by ‘holding’ others, Utopias tend to ‘push’ the network by evoking the possibility of others.	en_US
dc.format.extent	20 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper;2004-02	en_US
dc.subject.other	filosofiske klassikere	en_US
dc.subject.other	filosofihistorie	en_US
dc.subject.other	samfundsfilosofi	en_US
dc.subject.other	actor network theory	en_US
dc.subject.other	thomas more	en_US
dc.subject.other	utopia	en_US
dc.subject.other	utopier	en_US
dc.title	Utopian Materialities	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt04mar02 inrumo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Organisation og Arbejdssociologi	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	IOA	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	OIS
dc.idnumber	x645152314	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2004	en_US