Critical Diversity Studies at a Juncture: Mobilizing Theories of Difference in and beyond Capitalism

Critical Diversity Studies at a Juncture: Mobilizing Theories of Difference in and beyond Capitalism

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In this contribution to the roundtable, I reflect on the evolution of critical diversity studies, as part of the broader field of critical management and organization studies, from its origins in the 1990s to date.After reviewing its unique strengths in generating knowledge on the relation Does intellectual capital efficiency matter for banks’ performance and risk-taking behavior? between difference and power, I discuss how the economic crisis of Global Analysis of Natural Products Biosynthetic Diversity Encoded in Fungal Genomes 2008 has transformed and radicalized this field of study.I conclude with a plead to engage more with the bourgeoning Marxist scholarship.Such engagement is not only essential to theorize the role of difference in organizing unequally in capitalism, but also to envision anti-capitalist struggles and a post-capitalist, more equal organization of the economy, work and life as a whole.