ABSTRACT

This paper is grounded in a thematic reading of Robert Musil's (1933/1997 Musil, R. 1933/1997. The Man Without Qualities. London: Picador. [Google Scholar]) novel The Man Without Qualities. Combining literary, social, and economic theory, the discipline-spanning novel engages with some of the central questions and conflicts of our age, such as the search for order and coherence, seeking to overcome the fragmentation of life. Specifically, we suggest that Musil refers to the advent of entrepreneurship and the ‘enterprising spirit’ as an example evocative of these pursuits, as well as their concomitant ambiguities and frictions. Our analysis therefore engages with the role of Austrian economic theory in consolidating entrepreneur/ship as an ideal socio-economic model and order. By discussing the complexities inscribed in seemingly unifying orders such as entrepreneurship, the paper contributes in particular to critical and process entrepreneurship studies in MOS. It responds to calls for further literary, inter-disciplinary, and historical analyses in entrepreneurship research.

摘要

本文基于对罗伯特·穆西尔 (Robert Musil) ( 1933/1997)的专题阅读 穆西尔，R. 1933/1997。没有素质的人。伦敦：皮卡多。 [Google Scholar] ) 小说《没有素质的人》. 这部跨学科的小说结合了文学、社会和经济理论，涉及我们这个时代的一些核心问题和冲突，例如寻求秩序和连贯性，寻求克服生活的碎片化。具体而言，我们建议 Musil 将企业家精神和“进取精神”的出现作为唤起这些追求的一个例子，以及它们伴随的模糊和摩擦。因此，我们的分析涉及奥地利经济理论在巩固企业家/船舶作为理想社会经济模型和秩序方面的作用。通过讨论创业等看似统一的秩序中蕴含的复杂性，本文特别有助于 MOS 中的批判性和过程创业研究。它响应了对进一步文学、跨学科、