Rhetorical history

Roy Suddaby

Chapter 134 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Historical Organisation Studies, 2026, pp 478-481 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Rhetorical history has emerged as a useful theoretical construct that connects historical and organisational scholarship. Rhetorical history examines how social actors manage history to influence key stakeholders. The ability to manage history is a key capability of organisations, entrepreneurs and nation-states in creating identity, authenticity, commitment, trust and, most particularly, for managing processes of change. History is often used to create or clarify perceptions of continuity or discontinuity, similarity or difference, success or failure and morality or immorality.

Keywords: Metahistory; Collective memory; Invented traditions; Historical consciousness; Effect; Archaeology; Genealogy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035332922
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