“Military Intelligence”

Philosophy: The Luxurious Supplement of Violence

In the paper “Philosophy – The luxurious supplement of violence”, Bevan Catley (2003) says

In many of the growing number of accounts of workplace violence there exists a particular sense of certainty; a certain confidence in what violence “really” is. With these accounts, philosophy appears unnecessary – and even luxurious – in the face of the obvious and bloody reality of workplace violence. [...] one outcome is an absence of a sense of curiosity about the concept of violence in many typical commentaries on workplace violence. Through a turn to philosophy it is suggested, we might possibly enquire into other senses of violence that may otherwise be erased. However, weary of simply “adding” philosophy, this paper also begins to sketch out some possible consequences a philosophy-violence connection might have for doing things with philosophy and organisation.