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The Political Event

In: Repositioning Organization Theory

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  • Steffen Böhm

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The previous chapter engaged with the German philosophical tradition of destruction. The difficulty with writing about a philosophical concept such as destruction is that it cannot be easily defined; or, rather, it cannot be defined. One cannot simply say ‘Destruction is X,’ because such a statement can itself be subjected to destruction. The point of destruction is that one can put any statement into question – one can expose the deceptive totality of any knowledge by destructing it. Therefore, a concept like destruction resists definition. This is exactly the point Derrida makes in his ‘Letter to a Japanese Friend’ in which he tries to explain the impossibility of defining deconstruction:

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  • Steffen Böhm, 2006. "The Political Event," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Repositioning Organization Theory, chapter 4, pages 52-68, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50141-6_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230501416_4
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