Session Summary

Session Number:238
Session ID:S92
Session Title:Reclaiming Past Knowledge for Pluralistic Management Studies
Short Title:Reclaiming Past Knowledge
Session Type:Division Joint Symposium
Hotel:Swiss
Floor:4
Room:Neuchatel
Time:Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Sponsors

MED  (James Stoner)Stoner@mary.fordham.edu (212) 765-5573 
ONE  (John Jermier)jermier@groucho.bsn.usf.edu (813) 974-1752 

General People

Organizer Luhman, John T. New Mexico State U. Jluhman@nmsu.edu 505-646-1201 
Discussant Rosile, Grace Ann New Mexico State U. GArosile@aol.edu (505)-646-2391 

Submissions

Celtic Wisdom: Wardens for Pluralistic Organizations 
Presenter Dennehy, Robert F. Pace U. rdennehy@pace.edu 914-773-3519 
Hoki ki te Whakaaro Nui: Reclaiming Maori Knowledge 
Presenter Richards, Parehau  U. of Waikato Richards@waikato.ac.nz 07-8562-889 x6291 
Presenter Ellis, Riri  U. of Waikato Riri@waikato.ac.nz 07-8562-889 x6291 
Vedic Education as the Fulfillment of Postmodern Education: Consciousness, Meditation, and "Heaven on Earth" 
Presenter Steingard, David S. Maharishi University of Management dsteinga@mum.edu 515-469-3097 
Presenter Fitzgibbons, Dale  Illinois State U. defitz@ilstu.edu 309-438-5093 
The Knight Errant's Ideology of Adventure 
Presenter Boje, David M. New Mexico State U. Dboje.nmsu.edu 505-646-2391 
Presenter Luhman, John T. New Mexico State U. Jluhman@nmsu.edu 505-646-1201 

Abstract

Modernist, postmodernist, and critical theory are in the center of the contemporary depate over the validity of knowledge. Left on the margin are the persepectives of the past, especially the past knowledge of many indigenous cultures. Whether one believes in the continutity of history or its discontinuity, one must look back before one can go forward. This symposium brings to the fore-front past knowledge from practices in dealing with our pluraistic global economy. As the them of the conference points out, pluralism calls for new theories to accommodate multiple stakeholders, divergent viewpoints, and models of coexisting. The presentations by the panel members offer discussion and insight into the knowledge of the ancient Celts, the Maori of New Zealand, the Vedic tradition of India and the ideology of Medieval knights.