Studia Phaenomenologica

Volume 9, 2009

Michel Henry's Radical Phenomenology

Organisation virtuelle, travail réel
Une critique henryenne de l’organisation virtuelle du travail humain

This article presents a phenomenological perspective on the “virtual organisation” where people are obliged to work at a distance and where contact with others is limited to that of an electronic network. Drawing on Husserl, we see that when the “as-if ” presence is contrived in such a way, the organisation obstructs the life of consciousness. Furthermore, relying on Michel Henry’s writings, we explain how removing the parameter of “flesh” as a factor structuring encounters, this organizational form profoundly restricts the dynamism of the acting, subjective life.