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Re‐Eroticizing the Organization: An Exegesis and Critique
Author(s) -
Brewis Joanna,
Grey Christopher
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.1994.tb00007.x
Subject(s) - eroticism , essentialism , exegesis , human sexuality , epistemology , sociology , philosophy , gender studies , theology
This paper examines an important recent development in thinking on the role of sexuality and eroticism within organizations, namely Re‐eroticization theory. The paper contextualizes this development by contrasting it with modemist‐masculinist and modernist‐feminist discourses on eroticism and organizations prior to synthesizing the many disparate strands of Re‐eroticization theory. Re‐eroticization is then examined critically in terms of its theoretical assumptions and the nature of its emancipatory promise. In particular, it is argued that Re‐eroticization theory retains an unacknowledged essentialism which renders its emancipatory claims problematic, and is overly sanguine with respect to violent forms of eroticism.