Hidden in full view: the organization of public secrecy in Miéville’s The City and the City

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In this article, we explore China Mieville’s novel The City and the City as a literary experiment for analyzing the dynamics of public secrecy. We explore public secrets as an intrinsic part of organizational life and as a framework for paying attention to the politics of organizing. First, we focus on the novel’s invention and use of the verb ‘unseeing’ to bring out the embodied and sensuous aspects of public secrecy as part of organizational processes. Second we unfold how, although the content of public secrets may turn out to be less spectacular than expected, it is exactly their mundaneness which is key to their political importance. This is important because in an increasingly disorganized and uncertain world, secrecy proliferates and the visibility of secrecy is often a strategic move to justify certain hidden actions.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftCulture and Organization
Jahrgang25
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)91-103
Anzahl der Seiten13
ISSN1475-9551
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 15.03.2019
Extern publiziertJa

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