6Conclusion

No one knows who will live in this cage in the future, or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise, or there will be a great rebirth of old ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance.

Max Weber (1930[2001]:124) The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (© Max Weber. Reproduced with permission of the Licensor through PLSclear)

In the introductory chapter I set out three broad aims for this book. These were to show how theologically resonant concepts were being deployed in current managerial, leadership and organisation discourses; to examine the religious and philosophical roots of these concepts; and to demonstrate ...

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