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Kos Kecojevic, Ziva

Alvesson, M. (2013). The triumph of emptiness. Oxford: Oxford University

Press. 243 p. [Book review]

CEPS Journal 4 (2014) 2, S. 121-126

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Kos Kecojevic, Ziva: Alvesson, M. (2013). The triumph of emptiness. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

243 p. [Book review] - In: CEPS Journal 4 (2014) 2, S. 121-126 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-92182 -

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    Journal | Vol.4 | No2 | Year 2014 



Alvesson, M. (2013). e Triumph of Emptiness.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 243 p. ISBN: 978-0-19-

966094-0.

Reviewed by Ž K K.

“As emphasized throughout this book, we live in an economy of persua-

sion, circling around promotion, desire, and expectations.” (Alvesson, 2013,

p. 218).

e discourse of constant change, of continuous growth, has become one

of the dominant rationalities in modern Western societies, or as Alvesson puts

it, post-auent societies. Behind this idea, which almost spontaneously presents

itself as a solution to every problem, lies a far more complex set of relations of

power, described primarily by Foucault (, ) as productive power. is

shis through postmodern discourse, leaving aside prescriptive claims while

rmly establishing itself as subjectively inscribed as the right way of understand-

ing things.

e Triumph of Emptiness sheds light on the boundaries inherent in the

habitual reality that many of us have at least partly internalised and come to see

as “the way things are, or the ways things should be”. Alvesson demonstrates that

this reality is partial and it is not Reality as such. Behind the grandiose concepts

lies hollowness and the paradox of a very limited chance of change. Alvesson

argues that post-auent societies have become focused on form rather than

substance. In a certain sense this is not new, but it is in fact one of the few social

phenomena touched upon in this book that is actually continuously growing.

e book is based on critically challenging some of the predominant

ideas – many of which are oen taken for granted – about management, organi-

sational structure, working life, consumption and education. e basic idea is

that economic growth and higher consumption are key sources of increased sat-

isfaction. In line with this idea, education (especially higher education) is some-

thing positive, and leads to higher qualication; it is therefore a growing need of

individuals and society. e third predominant idea is that current and future

working life is permeated by views of the knowledge economy and a knowledge

intensive society (pp. -). All of these social theories, predominantly seen as

positive and functional, can, as the author demonstrates, be understood in terms

of grandiosity, illusion tricks and zero-sum games (ibid.). e concepts refer to

 e term is used in line with Bourdieu’s notion of habitus ().

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