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A Sociology of the Total Organization - Atomistic Unity in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback)
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A Sociology of the Total Organization - Atomistic Unity in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback)
Series: Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
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Examining the organization of everyday life inside the regiments of
the French Foreign Legion, this book takes its theoretical point of
departure in the notion of the voluntary total organization; that
is to say, an institution that constitutes a geographically
delimited place of residence and work in which inmates are
voluntarily separated from the outside world, leading an enclosed,
formally administered life. Informed by a modified version of
Goffman's original concept of the total institution, A Sociology of
the Total Organization untangles the Foreign Legion and the ways in
which different kinds of social orders interplay there. With a
focus on regimental life, the author characterizes the armed forces
not only as a total organization, but also as a greedy one, seeking
undivided loyalty and the incorporation of all social roles within
its bounds. Against this understanding, the book draws on rich
ethnographic work to develop the notion of atomistic unity, the
ideal relational condition that exists in the military, in which
individuals commit to a unit and articulate ties with individuals
on an impersonal basis, grounded in the belief in a greater whole.
A detailed and empirically grounded study of the mechanisms in
which the Foreign Legion not only cuts members' ties to people
outside the organization, but also restricts the creation and
maintenance of ties among its members, this book shows how
atomistic unity is not limited to greedy organizations such as the
military, but applies to a variety of collectivist settings. As
such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and anthropology with
interests in military life, social relations, social theory and the
work of Goffman.
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