The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
ISBN-13:
9781612195186
ISBN-10:
1612195180
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
David Graeber
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Melville House
Format:
Paperback
272 pages
Category:
Company Profiles
,
Biography & History
,
Labor & Industrial Relations
,
Economics
,
Popular Culture
,
Social Sciences
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
FREE US shipping
on ALL non-marketplace orders
Marketplace
from $16.95
USD
Marketplace offers
Seller
Condition
Note
Seller
Condition
New
Brand New! Not overstocks! Brand New direct from the publisher! Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging.
Book details
ISBN-13:
9781612195186
ISBN-10:
1612195180
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
David Graeber
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Melville House
Format:
Paperback
272 pages
Category:
Company Profiles
,
Biography & History
,
Labor & Industrial Relations
,
Economics
,
Popular Culture
,
Social Sciences
,
Cultural
,
Anthropology
Summary
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy (ISBN-13: 9781612195186 and ISBN-10: 1612195180), written by authors
David Graeber, was published by Melville House in 2016.
With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other
Company Profiles
(Biography & History, Labor & Industrial Relations, Economics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Cultural, Anthropology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun,
along with many other new and used
Company Profiles
books
and textbooks.
And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.25.
Description
From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives
Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And is it really a cipher for state violence?
To answer these questions, the anthropologist David Graeber—one of our most important and provocative thinkers—traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today, and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice…though he also suggests that there may be something perversely appealing—even romantic—about bureaucracy.
Leaping from the ascendance of right-wing economics to the hidden meanings behind Sherlock Holmes and Batman, The Utopia of Rules is at once a powerful work of social theory in the tradition of Foucault and Marx, and an entertaining reckoning with popular culture that calls to mind Slavoj Zizek at his most accessible.
An essential book for our times, The Utopia of Rules is sure to start a million conversations about the institutions that rule over us—and the better, freer world we should, perhaps, begin to imagine for ourselves.
Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And is it really a cipher for state violence?
To answer these questions, the anthropologist David Graeber—one of our most important and provocative thinkers—traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today, and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice…though he also suggests that there may be something perversely appealing—even romantic—about bureaucracy.
Leaping from the ascendance of right-wing economics to the hidden meanings behind Sherlock Holmes and Batman, The Utopia of Rules is at once a powerful work of social theory in the tradition of Foucault and Marx, and an entertaining reckoning with popular culture that calls to mind Slavoj Zizek at his most accessible.
An essential book for our times, The Utopia of Rules is sure to start a million conversations about the institutions that rule over us—and the better, freer world we should, perhaps, begin to imagine for ourselves.
We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
Book review
Congratulations! We have received your book review.
{user}
{createdAt}
by {truncated_author}