volume 23, number 2

In this open issue, we invite readers to consider the relation between fantasy and organization studies. In particular, we wish to draw your attention to the Wonderland of absurdity, unpredictability, irrationality, contradictions, confusion, and ambiguity that we are all inextricably caught-up in - and always trying to escape from - in contemporary society and organizations. Lewis Carroll’s famous novels, Alice’s adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the looking glass (1871), provide a lens for understanding the contributions to this issue – and for situating previous organization studies scholarship that seeks to make sense of the nonsensical. The articles, notes, and book reviews speak to various facets of Wonderland in two main ways. The first is ‘Knowing Wonderland’, which captures contributions to the issue that engage with the ‘hypernormalization’ of absurdity in and around organizations. The second is ‘Escaping Wonderland’, which comprises contributions that theorize the various strategies of resisting absurdity in contemporary society. If you say that you "ca’n’t believe impossible things", we suggest you just haven’t had much practice yet.