Affective disruption: Walter Benjamin and the 'history' of Ireland's industrial schools

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Kenny, Kate P.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	What role do organizations play in writing history? In this paper, I address the part played by organizations in the enactment of large-scale violence, and focus on the ways in which the resulting histories come to be written. Drawing on the case of Ireland's industrial schools, I demonstrate how such accounts can act to serve the interests of those in power, effectively silencing and marginalizing weaker people. A theoretical lens that draws on ideas from Walter Benjamin and Judith Butler is helpful in understanding this; the concept of ‘affective disruption’ enables an exploration of how people's experiences of organizational violence can be reclaimed from the past, and protected in a continuous remembrance. Overall, this paper contributes a new perspective on the writing of organizational histories, particularly in relation to the enactment of violence.
Starting Page	10
Ending Page	22
Page Count	13
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DOI	10.1080/17449359.2013.749676
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Volume Number	8
Language	English
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Resource Type	Article