The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret

The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives Â

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?
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To answer these questions, the anthropologist David Graeberâ€”one of our most important and provocative thinkersâ€”traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today, and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even noticeâ€¦though he also suggests that there may be something perversely appealingâ€”even romanticâ€”about bureaucracy.
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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.
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An essential book for our times,Â The Utopia of RulesÂ is sure to start a million conversations about the institutions that rule over usâ€”and the better, freer world we should, perhaps, begin to imagine for ourselves.
Country USA
Brand Melville House
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Hardcover
PartNumber 9781612193748
Color Pink
Height 9.03
Length 5.99
Weight 0.91932763254
Width 0.96
ReleaseDate 2015-02-24
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Hardcover
PartNumber	9781612193748
Color	Pink
Height	9.03
Length	5.99
Weight	0.91932763254
Width	0.96
ReleaseDate	2015-02-24
NumberOfItems	1

The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

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