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Examining the organization of everyday life inside the regiments of the French Foreign Legion, this book takes its theoretical point of departure in the notion of the voluntary total organization; that is to say, an institution that constitutes a geographically delimited place of residence and work in which inmates are voluntarily separated from the outside world, leading an enclosed, formally administered life. Informed by a modified version of Goffmans original concept of the total institution, A Sociology of the Total Organization untangles the Foreign Legion and the ways in which different kinds of social orders interplay there. With a focus on regimental life, the author characterizes the armed forces not only as a total organization, but also as a greedy one, seeking undivided loyalty and the incorporation of all social roles within its bounds. Against this understanding, the book draws on rich ethnographic work to develop the notion of atomistic unity, the ideal relational condition that exists in the military, in which individuals commit to a unit and articulate ties with individuals on an impersonal basis, grounded in the belief in a greater whole. A detailed and empirically grounded study of the mechanisms in which the Foreign Legion not only cuts members ties to people outside the organization, but also restricts the creation and maintenance of ties among its members, this book shows how atomistic unity is not limited to greedy organizations such as the military, but applies to a variety of collectivist settings. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and anthropology with interests in military life, social relations, social theory and the work of Goffman.

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A SOCIOLOGY OF THE TOTAL ORGANIZATION
Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
Series Editor: Stjepan G. Mestrovic, Texas A&M University, USA
Classical and Contemporary Social Theory publishes rigorous scholarly work that re-discovers the relevance of social theory for contemporary times, demonstrating the enduring importance of theory for modern social issues. The series covers social theory in a broad sense, inviting contributions on both classical and modern theory, thus encompassing sociology, without being confined to a single discipline. As such, work from across the social sciences is welcome, provided that volumes address the social context of particular issues, subjects, or figures and offer new understandings of social reality and the contribution of a theorist or school to our understanding of it. The series considers significant new appraisals of established thinkers or schools, comparative works or contributions that discuss a particular social issue or phenomenon in relation to the work of specific theorists or theoretical approaches. Contributions are welcome that assess broad strands of thought within certain schools or across the work of a number of thinkers, but always with an eye toward contributing to contemporary understandings of social issues and contexts.
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A Sociology of the Total Organization
Atomistic Unity in the French Foreign Legion
MIKAELA SUNDBERG
Stockholm University, Sweden
First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing Published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park - photo 1
First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by Routledge
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Copyright Mikaela Sundberg 2015
Mikaela Sundberg has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Sundberg, Mikaela.
A sociology of the total organization : atomistic unity in the French Foreign Legion / by Mikaela Sundberg.
pages cm. (Classical and contemporary social theory)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4724-5560-4 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-3155-6524-8 (ebook)
ISBN 978-1-3171-8660-1 (ePub) 1. France. Arme de terre. Lgion trangre Organization. 2. France. Arme de terre. Lgion trangre Military life. 3. Sociology, Military France. 4. Social structure France. 5. Atomism Social aspects France. 6. Social networks France. I. Title.
UA703.L5S875 2015
355.3590944dc23
2014046293
ISBN 9781472455604 (hbk)
ISBN 9781315565248 (ebk-PDF)
ISBN 9781317186601 (ebk-ePUB)
Contents
List of Abbreviations
1 RE
1er rgiment tranger (First foreign regiment)
1 REC
1er rgiment tranger de cavalerie (First foreign cavalry regiment)
1 REG
1er rgiment tranger de gnie (First foreign engineering regiment)
2 REG
2me rgiment tranger de gnie (Second foreign engineering regiment)
2 REI
2me rgiment tranger dinfantrie (Second foreign infantry regiment)
2 REP
2me regiment tranger de parachutistes (Second foreign parachute regiment)
3 REI
3me rgiment tranger dinfantrie (Third foreign infantry regiment)
4 RE
4me rgiment tranger (Fourth foreign regiment)
13 DBLE
13me demi-brigade de la Lgion trangre (13th Foreign Legion half-brigade)
ADEFDROMIL
Association de dfense des droits des militaires (Army association for the rights of military personnel)
BSTAT
Brevet Suprieur de Technicien de lArme de Terre (Higher technical diploma for the Army)
CBC
Certificat de bonne conduite (certificate of good service)
CLE
Conseil de la Lgion trangre (Council of the Foreign Legion)
CSI
Centre de Selection et dIncorporation (Center for selection and incorporation)
COMLE
Le Commandement de la Lgion trangre (Headquarters of the Foreign Legion)
DLEM
Dtachement de Lgion trangre de Mayotte (The Foreign Legion detachment of Mayotte)
DRHLE
Division des ressources humaines de la Lgion trangre (Human resource division of the Foreign Legion)
FAMAS
Fusil dAssaut de la Manufacture dArmes de Saint-tienne (Assault rifle from the Saint-tienne weapon factory)
FELE
Foyer dentraide de la Lgion trangre (Aid center for the Foreign Legion)
IPR
Identit prsume relle (presumably true identity)
LTN
Lieutenant
NCO
Non-commissioned officer
OTE
Officier titre tranger (Officer under foreign title)
PSO
Prsident des sous-officiers (president of the NCOs)
RSM
Rgularisation de situation militaire (regularization of the military situation)
SCH
Sergent-chef
Acknowledgements
During my research work on the French Foreign Legion, I have often been asked why I chose to investigate this organization. The book provides the scientific motivations for this, but among the more important personal reasons were eagerness to study something completely different from what I have studied earlier in my career. I wanted to explore phenomena such as dedication, escape from freedom, extreme male cohesion, and substitutability; themes which have always attracted and fascinated me, but had not yet become explicit themes in my research. The Legion seemed to be an excellent case for exploring these interests. Unsurprisingly however, my empirical work revealed that life in the Legion was not really what I thought it would be. As is common in ethnographic work, the study developed in a slightly different direction than the original interests suggested and during the analysis of my data, the theoretical turns I took made me move even further away from most of the themes above. Yet, I am happy that the interests led me there. Ethnographic work in the Legion has been a personal adventure, but my own experiences remain relatively hidden from the main body of the text. I am convinced that those who open this book do so to learn about the Legion, not about the researcher and her work. This book is therefore far from an autoethnographic account and I locate most methodological discussion in particular segments of the book.
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