Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: philosophy in organization studies -- life, knowledge and disruption; PART I Foundations; 1 Ontology: philosophical discussions and implications for organization studies; 2 Epistemology: philosophical foundations and organizational controversies; 3 Ethical philosophy, organization studies and good suspicions; 4 Methodology: philosophical underpinnings and their implications; PART II Theories; 5 Discourse as organizational and practical philosophy; 6 Feminist organization theories: islands of treasure. 7 Hermeneutics in organization studies8 Institutional theory: reflections on ontology; 9 Marxism: a philosophical analysis of class conflict; 10 Postcolonial theory: speaking back to empire; 11 Poststructuralist theory: thinking organization otherwise; 12 Practice theory: what it is, its philosophical base, and what it offers organization studies; 13 Pragmatism and organization studies; 14 Psychoanalysis and the study of organization; 15 Queer theory; 16 Structuration theory: philosophical stance and significance for organizational research; PART III Special Topics. 17 Aesthetics and design: an epistemology of the unseen18 Ageing: the lived experience of growing up and older in organizations; 19 Agency at the intersection of philosophy and social theory; 20 The Body: philosophical paradigms and organizational contributions; 21 Brands: critical and managerial perspectives; 22 Capital as a neglected, yet essential, topic for organization studies; 23 Commodification and consumption; 24 Commons and organization: potentiality and expropriation; 25 Conflict theorizing in organization theory: a political philosophical reading. 26 Control: philosophical reflections on the organizational limits to autonomy27 Corporation: reification of the corporate form; 28 Debt for all: towards a critical examination of organizational roles in debt practices and financialization; 29 Decision-making: coping with madness beyond reason; 30 Democracy: philosophical disputes and organizational governance; 31 Diversity studies: the contribution of black philosophers; 32 Environment, extractivism and the delusions of nature as capital; 33 Finance: finding a philosophical fit?; 34 Globalization and the rise of the multinational corporation. 35 Governance: changing conceptions of the corporation36 Historiography and the 'historic turn' in organization theory; 37 Humour and Organization; 38 Identity and philosophy in organizations: a femini[st]ne blind spot; 39 Inequality and organizations; 40 Justice: re-membering the Other in organizations; 41 Leadership: philosophical contributions and critiques; 42 Management and its others; 43 Measurement and statistics in 'organization science': philosophical, sociological and historical perspectives; 44 Needs and organizations: the case for the philosophical turn.