More praise for
CEO Society
Many of today’s CEOs purport to serve the public good. They are
wealth takers re-branded as wealth creators. This book illuminates
the dangers of CEO worship in an age of entrenched austerity.’
Linsey McGoey, author of
The Unknowers: How Strategic
Ignorance Rules the World
‘In spite of the thorough and still growing critique of the leadership
cult, CEOs proliferate in both private and public sectors. Let us hope
that Bloom and Rhodes’ book will serve as an antidote.’
Barbara Czarniawska, author of
Cyberfactories:
How News Agencies Produce News
‘Why do we pray at the altar of the celebrity CEOs What are
consequences of such disturbing worship Bloom and Rhodes answer
these questions, showing us the ugly side of our contemporary
obsession and the price we collectively pay in the CEO society.’
Alessia Contu, University of Massachusetts
‘This unique book sheds light on one of the most tragic paradoxes
of contemporary life: Why do we celebrate neoliberalism, through
today’s “cult of the CEO” Bloom and Rhodes explain our deep-seated
attachments to ideologies that are not only fawed but also dangerous.’
Kate Kenny, Queens University Belfast
‘Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the
contemporary fetishisation of corporate leadership. Rhodes and
Bloom trace the rise of the cult of the CEO, mounting a strong defence
of democracy in the face of this celebratory authoritarianism.’
Chris Land, Anglia Ruskin University
About the authors
Peter Bloom heads the People and Organisations Department
at the Open University, UK. His research critically examines the
everyday practices of capitalism and democracy and their impli-
cations for work and life. Peter’s recent books are
Authoritarian
Capitalism in the Age of Globalization
(2016) and
The Ethics of
Neoliberalism: The Business of Making Capitalism Moral (2017).
Peter’s
writing has also featured in
The Washington Post
,
The Guardian
,
The Independent
,
The New Statesmen
,
The Week
,
The Conversation
and
Open Democracy
among others.
Carl Rhodes is Professor of Organisation Studies at UTS
Business School in Sydney, Australia. He has written widely
on issues concerning the ethical and political dimensions of
business and working life, including the recent
Companion to
Ethics, Politics and Organizations
(2015, with Alison Pullen). Carl
is a frequent commentator on business and politics on Australian
and international television and radio. He regularly writes for
the mainstream and independent press, where his articles can
be found in
The Guardian
,
New Matilda
,
The Conversation
,
Inde-
pendent Australia
and
Open Democracy
.
CEO Society
The Corporate
Takeover of
Everyday Life
Peter Bloom
and Carl Rhodes。