ISBN: 0141983477
Godina izdanja: 2019
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

David Graeber - Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It
Penguin, 2019
368 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

`Spectacular and terrifyingly true` Owen Jones
`Explosive` John McDonnell, New Statesman, Books of the Year
`Thought-provoking and funny` The Times

FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 and CITY AM BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018

Be honest: if your job didn`t exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren`t necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.

In the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks and driving flying cars. Instead, something curious happened. Not only have the flying cars not materialised, but average working hours have increased rather than decreased. And now, across the developed world, three-quarters of all jobs are in services, finance or admin: jobs that don`t seem to contribute anything to society. In Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber explores how this phenomenon - one more associated with the Soviet Union, but which capitalism was supposed to eliminate - has happened. In doing so, he looks at how, rather than producing anything, work has become an end in itself; the way such work maintains the current broken system of finance capital; and, finally, how we can get out of it.

This book is for anyone whose heart has sunk at the sight of a whiteboard, who believes `workshops` should only be for making things, or who just suspects that there might be a better way to run our world.

Contents:
Preface: On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs
What is a bullshit job?
What sorts of bullshit jobs are there?
Why do those in bullshit jobs regularly report themselves unhappy?
What is it like to have a bullshit job?
Why are bullshit jobs proliferating?
Why do we as a society not object to the growth of pointless employment?
What are the political effects of bullshit jobs, and is there anything that can be done about this situation?


`Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world?` David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative online essay titled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs. He defined a bullshit job as `a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence, even though as part of the conditions of employment, the employee feels obliged to pretend that this is not the case.` After a million views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. ... Graeber, in his singularly searing and illuminating style, identifies the five types of bullshit jobs and argues that when 1 percent of the population controls most of a society`s wealth, they control what jobs are `useful` and `important.` ... Graeber illustrates how nurses, bus drivers, musicians, and landscape gardeners provide true value, and what it says about us as a society when we look down upon them. Using arguments from some of the most revered political thinkers, philosophers, and scientists of our time, Graeber articulates the societal and political consequences of these bullshit jobs. Depression, anxiety, and a warped sense of our values are all dire concerns. He provides a blueprint to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture, providing the meaning and satisfaction we all crave.`--Jacket


Nonfiction, Sociology, 0141983477