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- Title
Herrschaft: Wiedergewinnung einer verlorenen Kategorie der Arbeit: Dimitri Mader, Herrschaft und Handlungsfähigkeit: Elemente einer kritischen Sozialtheorie. Frankfurt am Main: Campus 2022, 424 S., br., 45,00 € Dimitri Mader, Herrschaft und Handlungsfähigkeit in der Lohnarbeit: Eine Metastudie zu betrieblichen Machtordnungen. Frankfurt am Main: Campus 2022, 420 S., br., 45,00 €
- Authors
Voswinkel, Stephan
- Abstract
In the book "Herrschaft: Reclaiming a Lost Category of Work" by Dimitri Mader, the question is raised whether there is still domination under the changed conditions of work organization or if only the forms of domination have changed. Mader develops a critical social theory of domination in his book and engages with the understanding of domination in labor sociology. He defines domination as a lasting restriction of a person's self-determination possibilities by the power of another person. Mader distinguishes domination from authority, sporadic exercise of power, and social inequality, and establishes a critical standard for the analysis of domination that takes into account the limitation of the agency of the dominated and the suffering caused by this limitation. The book offers many insights and clarifications on the topic, but could be shorter. The second book is a meta-study on domination in wage labor. It examines whether domination can still be spoken of in today's working world. The author Dimitri Mader concludes that organizational domination still exists, but in a changed form. The subjectification of work has limited effects, and tendencies towards commodification rather reinforce domination. Contradictory work demands are identified, which lead to frustration and stress. Mader emphasizes that organizational work is always embedded in structures of domination and that the self-activity of workers does not lead to a loss of significance of domination. The text suggests that further research should consider the integration of organizational and societal domination and inequality, as well as potentials for resistance.
- Subjects
CRITICAL theory; HERRSCHAFT und Handlungsfahigkeit: Elemente einer kritischen Sozialtheorie (Book); HERRSCHAFT und Handlungsfahigkeit in der Lohnarbeit: Eine Metastudie zu betrieblichen Machtordnungen (Book); WORK structure; DAS erste Buch: Die kritische Sozialtheorie der Herrschaft (Book); EQUALITY; CRITICAL analysis; MADER, Dimitri; VOSWINKEL, Stephan; SOCIOLOGY; LITERATURE; NONFICTION
- Publication
Soziologische Revue, 2023, Vol 46, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0343-4109
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/srsr-2023-2001