Feminists and Queer Theorists Debate the Future of Critical Management Studies

"Written as constructive critique from within the Critical Management Studies project, this volume demonstrates the urgency of multiple contemporary strands of feminism and queer theory for keeping CMS relevant and alert to the challenges of our times. The authors succeed in going beyond arm chair critiques and propose actual practical changes, providing novel ideas for alternative practices of researching, teaching and writing, for embodied politics, and activist organizing. Some do not shy away from hard conversations and confrontational politics, showing the joy in acting as 'kill joys'. Others venture into radically different, fascinating new forms of scholarship and learning. I highly recommend this collection of dialogues to anyone longing to make a critical difference." -- Yvonne Bishop
"This collection is a call to action for a more active, politically engaged CMS. It invites us to envision what more CMS can be with the addition of more feminist, more anti-racist, and more queer voices. With an assemblage of chapters that are bound to provoke and unsettle, the book aims to incite reflexivity among CMS scholars and to prompt collective efforts for confronting the normative in knowledge, in management, in the university and in the academy more generally." -- Linda Smircich and Marta Calas,
"When asked what feminism and queer theory can offer to the scope and direction of critical work, the masters of CMS who guard the 'manual' of critique often simply shrug their shoulders. In this insightful and lively volume, the feminist and the queer are at last tactically connected to retort with plenty of heartfelt and provocative alternatives. Embodied, anti-normative and explosive critique - ranging from practical politics to pragmatic change, from creative resistance to radical activism and from feminist solidarity to queer friendship - is explained well and illustrated consistently in a thought-provoking and surprising text that aims to confront and root out many of the injustices and injuries in a world, desiring to become more equal, diverse and different." -- Chris Steyaert