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Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

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Year 2008 
Volume 7 
Issue 2

Doing business in a South African Township: Considering a role for ressentiment as situated narrative and theory of power

Douglas Racionzer
Ashoka

2008 7 (2) Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

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This paper argues for an interpretive approach to theorizing as more than merely the assertion of truth-claims but in addition, as a social process that narrates the ordering and simplification of reality effects. Mary Douglas’ (1975) notion of the pangolin as a reflexive mediating concept able to “speak” to both macro and micro social theories is recommended. Ressentiment as just such a pangolin-like concept is proposed and its usefulness is explored in an organizational case study, made up of three vignettes, of doing business in a South African township. The role for ressentiment in an interpretive theory of power is considered.

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Racionzer, Douglas (2008). Doing business in a South African Township: Considering a role for ressentiment as situated narrative and theory of power. (2008). Doing business in a South African Township: Considering a role for ressentiment as situated narrative and theory of power. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, 7(2), 126-138. (Original work published 2008)

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Racionzer, Douglas. “Doing Business In A South African Township: Considering A Role For Ressentiment As Situated Narrative And Theory Of Power”. 2008. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, vol. 7, no. 2, 2008, pp. 126-138.

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Racionzer, Douglas. “Doing Business In A South African Township: Considering A Role For Ressentiment As Situated Narrative And Theory Of Power”. Tamara: Journal For Critical Organization Inquiry, Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 7, no. 2 (2008): 126-138.

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