Citizenship in Organizations : Practicing the Immeasurable

317 Pages·2018·3.171 MB·English

by  Beyers, Fleur, Langenberg, Suzan

Edited by
Suzan Langenberg
Fleur Beyers
CITIZENSHIP IN
ORGANIZATIONS
Practicing the Immeasurable
Citizenship in Organizations
Suzan Langenberg • Fleur Beyers
Editors
Citizenship in
Organizations
Practicing the Immeasurable
Editors
Suzan Langenberg Fleur Beyers
Campus Gelbergen Campus Gelbergen
Hoeleden - Kortenaken, Belgium Hoeleden, Belgium
ISBN 978-3-319-60236-3 ISBN 978-3-319-60237-0 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-60237-0
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Acknowledgements
This compilation of 14 chapters is the result of an ongoing project of the
think tank Campus Gelbergen. Since the 1990s, a small group of engaged
people organize debates and round tables on multidisciplinary topics that
move society and themselves. This self-organizing entity has reinvented
itself regularly during the last two decennia. Since 2010, it exists under
the name of the hamlet where the monthly and yearly debating events
take place: Campus Gelbergen in Belgium.
‘To take place’ as a temporary and learning activity is a key factor for this
think tank. People come and go, speak up and remain silent, are mad or glad,
look for recognition or a small chat, break through their silence or jump into
the speaking chaos, eat and drink, searching for proximity or lost intimacy.
All 15 contributors own a topic that has been presented by them, fol-
lowed by discussions during several campus events. Everybody was will-
ing to cooperate in the creation of this book. The editors want to thank
them for their loyalty and the work they have done to make it happen.
Our deepest gratitude is to Sophie Langenberg, fellow translator and edi-
tor of this book. She was in Peru when the contract was signed but she is, and
was, an indispensable partner of the editorial team and should have been
mentioned on the cover. We, as an editorial team, will continue our work
because we have found out that we have much more to tell to you,… reader.
April 26, 2017 Gelbergen
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Contents
Introduction 1
Fleur Beyers, Suzan Langenberg, and Sophie Langenberg
In What Sense Does Economic Immeasurability Exist? 17
Egidius Berns
Meeting at the Boundaries: Marginality as a Source of Wealth 37
Luc Hoebeke
Inequality of Power 55
Machiel Karskens
Politics: Understanding a Volatile Realm 73
Catherine Susanne Schnitzer
Is There Space for Rational Thinking in Altruism? From 
Charity to Philanthropy 95
Leopold Vansina
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Guiltless Guilt, Basis of a Critical Morality 117
Hans Wesseling
Organizing Counter-Conduct 133
Suzan Langenberg
Emergent Times: Disruptive Logic as a Breeding Ground 157
Fleur Beyers
Toward an Irony-Centered Organization 175
Wim Van Orshaegen
Immeasurability, Biology, Identity. Citizenship and the Meaning
of a Diagnostic Label for Adults Diagnosed with Autism 201
Kristien Hens and Raymond Langenberg
Recognition: A Business Case for Developing Through
Relationships 225
Anouschka Klestadt
Facilitating the Unexpected 249
Mirjam Beyers
Boundaries of (Im)measurability in Palliative Care 269
Goedele Vandersloten
Measuring the Immeasurable 289
Theo Vaes
Index 309
Notes on Contributors
Egidius Berns (1939) is Professor Emeritus of Social Philosophy and Social
Ethics at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He got his degrees in philosophy
and in economics and his PhD in philosophy at the University of Leuven,
Belgium. He held fellow- and professorships in Paris, France, Essex University,
UK, Shandong University, China, Ecoledoctorale de philosophy, Porto Novo,
Benin. His main domain of publications are history and philosophy of econom-
ics and continental philosophy. His most recent publication, De poriën van de
economie. Een essay over de verhouding tussen economie en politiek, Antwerpen-
Apeldoorn, Garant, 2016, is the Dutch translation of La porosité. Un essai sur le
rapport entre economie et politique, Brussels-Paris, Ousia, 2012.
Fleur Beyers (1982) studied comparative literature and cultural analysis at the
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. After her studies, she started a com-
pany in editing and (copy)writing, following her passion for language and word-
play. Besides her work as an editor and writer, she operates as a trainer/coach in
a consultancy company and as the co-owner of a restaurant/bar.
Mirjam Beyers (1961) studied family sciences in Brussels and family group
conferencing and restorative circles in Amsterdam. From 1995 till 2012, she was
a board member of the organization for parents of premature born infants. She
is trainer in communication courses for Diversity bvba. Since 2003 she has been
actively involved in establishing Eigen Kracht-conferenties in Belgium. She is
director of EKC.be, responsible for the daily management, training and
coaching.
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Kristien Hens (1975) is a bioethicist whose work focuses on ethical issues
related to epigenetics, reproductive technologies, feminism, disability studies,
psychiatry and neurodiversity (especially autism). She is working as a researcher
and lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp
investigating the ethical issues related to biological explanations of autism.
Previously, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the ethics of embryo
selection, at Maastricht University, and as a PhD student at the KU Leuven on
the ethics of the use of stored tissue samples from children for research. She has
published in several medical and ethics journals, including Journal of Medical
Ethics, Human Reproduction and Health Care Analysis.
Luc  Hoebeke (1942) studied electronic and nuclear engineering at the
University Leuven (Belgium). His interest for complexity and diversity made
him work on several boundaries: between cultures; between disciplines; between
academia and practice; and between science, art and religion. He has written his
experiences in many articles in four different languages and in a book: Making
Work systems Better: a Practitioner’s Reflections (Wiley 1994). Since 1972 he has
worked with several groups on the actualization of the Judaic tradition for con-
temporary life.
Machiel  Karskens (1946) is Professor Emeritus of Social and Political
Philosophy at Radboud University, Nijmegen. His research topics include—
among other things—the work of the French Philosopher Michel Foucault,
speaking the truth, strangers, civil society, (negative) freedom, power and
slavery.
Anouschka Klestadt (1969) studied developmental psychology and criminol-
ogy in Amsterdam and Brussels, respectively. She has built up a career as a
trainer, coach and consultant at Diversity (Belgium) in the field of (interper-
sonal) Communication, Leadership and Personal Development. She has per-
formed most of her projects in organizations in public administration.
Raymond  Langenberg (1961) studied andragology in the universities of
Leiden and Amsterdam (Netherlands). He has built up a career as a trainer,
coach and consultant at Diversity (Belgium) in the field of (interpersonal)
Communication, Leadership and Personal Development and Management
Consultancy. He has performed projects in organizations in public administra-
tion, banking, ICT and telecom, the technical industrial and automotive sector.
His research is concentrated on the place of diagnosis in the work-life balance.
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Suzan Langenberg (1956) studied modern history and philosophy. She holds
a PhD in Philosophy from Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Suzan is director of Diversity and program manager of the think tank Campus
Gelbergen. Her research is focused on the place and effect of criticism in private
and public organizations. Suzan regularly publishes on these topics. She is chief
editor of the series Cahiers Campus Gelbergen in cooperation with Garant pub-
lishers (Antwerp).
Catherine Schnitzer (1968) studied administrative sciences and criminology
in Amsterdam and Brussels. She works as a consultant and trainer covering a
large scope of types of public: workers, administrative personnel as well as
higher-level managers mostly in public administrations. Since 2013, she investi-
gates in themes as democracy, politics and its relation to personal life.
Theo Vaes (1955) is an entrepreneur and keen learner, and worked and lived in
India, China and several African countries. His technical background, involve-
ment in foreign direct investment, business consultancy and social work feed his
interest in the effects of globalization and robotics on sustainable new social
structures. He founded ATK, a foundation that works with a buddy system
between poor and rich people.
Wim Van Orshaegen (1983) studied Romance Philology at the KU Leuven.
Following his passion for French and Italian language and literature, he first
built up a career as a language teacher and later as a trainer, consultant and entre-
preneur at Diversity and Tiens (Belgium). He has performed most of his projects
in the field of personal development, specializing in testing and assessment tools
as they are used in organizations in public administration.
Goedele Vandersloten (1986) studied clinical psychology at the Catholic
University of Leuven. She has built up a career as a psychologist in palliative and
oncological care. She works in a regional hospital in Limburg.
Leopold Vansina (1932) holds a PhD in psychology, was faculty associate at
Yale University, where he gained interest in psychoanalysis and organizational
consulting. After being trained in psychoanalysis, he founded the International
Institute for Social and Organizational Development (IOD) in Leuven, a mul-
tidisciplinary institute in consulting, training and research which he managed
for more than 25 years. Leopold is Professor Emeritus at the KU Leuven and
l’Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve.