The Social Imaginary of Emancipation in Entrepreneurship

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2022-03

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School Services, BIZ
Department of Management Studies

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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Volume 46, issue 2, pp. 393-420

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This article contributes to the research agenda of emancipatory entrepreneurship by developing the understanding of emancipation as a social imaginary in entrepreneurship. In particular, we draw on fiction and philosophical hermeneutics to generate three ideal types of the social imaginary of emancipation in entrepreneurship theorizing. Building on our hermeneutic analysis, we introduce a framework that explains how entrepreneurship theorizing can strengthen, undermine, and shape emancipatory practices as well as the social imaginary of emancipation. We conclude our article by explicating and discussing the relevancy of emancipation in and for entrepreneurship theorizing across different social imaginaries and social practices.

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doi: 10.1177/1042258720959251

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entrepreneurship, emancipation, relevancy, theory, imaginary, practice, hermeneutics

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10.1177/1042258720959251

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Laine, L & Kibler, E 2022, ' The Social Imaginary of Emancipation in Entrepreneurship ', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 393-420 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258720959251

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