postmodernism vs annale school
These sources introduce a:
**recursive model of institutional change** that integrates concepts from the
**Annales School of historical research** into organizational studies.
The core argument is that organizational theory conventionally relies on **downward causation**, viewing organizations as passive reactors to historical forces, which the proposed model challenges by emphasizing **upward causation**.
This new framework utilizes the Annales School concepts of:
**mentalities** (slow-changing beliefs),
**levels of time** (varying paces of change), and
**critical events** (punctual disruptions) to demonstrate a cyclical, or "eternally reversible," process of change.
Specifically, critical events trigger organizational choices that collectively reshape institutional logics and social structures, positioning organizations as crucial
**makers of history**.
The model thus historicizes institutional theory by explaining why different components of institutional logics evolve at varying speeds.
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Ai overview:
The relationship between the Annales School and postmodernism:
• Contrasting methodologies: The Annales School focused on empirical evidence and social sciences to create a "total history," emphasizing large-scale structures and long-term trends (longue durée). Postmodernism, by contrast, questions the existence of objective historical truth, viewing history as a subjective and culturally produced narrative.
• Undermining metanarratives: Postmodernism gained traction around 1980 by challenging the confidence in the "overarching metanarratives" championed by the Annales School. The Annales School's focus on social structures eventually "contained the seeds of its own downfall" by calling into question the possibility of a unified social history.
• Influence, not continuity: Though they have opposing views, the Annales School did influence later historical thought, including aspects of postmodernism. This influence is seen in the move away from focusing solely on political history and "great men," and toward examining broader social and cultural factors. Some scholars, such as Michel Foucault, built upon the Annales School's work on mentalities and cultural history, a predecessor to the postmodern "linguistic turn".
• Contemporary perspectives: The Annales journal still exists and is highly regarded in francophone academia, though a cohesive "school" no longer operates. While total history is less fashionable, the Annales's original vision of a diverse and curious history has not been lost. [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
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[1] https://uwm.edu/c21/slow-digest-history/
[2] https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2016/02/04/philosophy-of-history-part-xxiv-fernand-braudel-and-the-annales-school/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annales_school
[4] https://morganyork.github.io/intro-guide/essays/modernism/annales-school
[5] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/54lrbf/monday_methods_a_closer_look_at_the_annales_school/
[6] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277584444_The_Annales_School_and_the_Challenge_of_the_Late_20th_Century_Criticism_and_Tentative_Reforms
[7] https://morganyork.github.io/intro-guide/essays/modernism/annales-school
[8] https://www.carleton.edu/history/faculty/in-memoriam/weiner/annales/
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annales_school
[10] https://morganyork.github.io/intro-guide/essays/modernism/annales-school
[11] https://fiveable.me/key-terms/world-history-since-1400/annales-school
[12] https://study.com/academy/lesson/post-modernism-historiography-in-the-20th-century.html
[13] https://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Phil%20281b/Philosophy%20of%20Magic/Arcana/Witchcraft%20and%20Grimoires/annales.htm
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