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The utopia of rules : on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy, David Graeber
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- Summary
- "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, anthropologist David Graeber ... 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"----
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : the iron law of liberalism and the era of total bureaucratization
- Dead zones of the imagination : an essay on structural stupidity
- Of flying cars and the declining rate of profit
- The utopia of rules, or why we really love bureaucracy after all
- Appendix. On Batman and the problem of constituent power
- Isbn
- 9781612193748
- Label
- The utopia of rules : on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy
- Title
- The utopia of rules
- Title remainder
- on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy
- Statement of responsibility
- David Graeber
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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, anthropologist David Graeber ... 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"----
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- Graeber, David
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- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bureaucracy
- Social structure
- Power (Social sciences)
- Liberalism
- Technological innovations
- Imagination
- Stupidity
- Label
- The utopia of rules : on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy, David Graeber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction : the iron law of liberalism and the era of total bureaucratization -- Dead zones of the imagination : an essay on structural stupidity -- Of flying cars and the declining rate of profit -- The utopia of rules, or why we really love bureaucracy after all -- Appendix. On Batman and the problem of constituent power
- Control code
- FIEb17676368
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781612193748
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879582444
- Label
- The utopia of rules : on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy, David Graeber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction : the iron law of liberalism and the era of total bureaucratization -- Dead zones of the imagination : an essay on structural stupidity -- Of flying cars and the declining rate of profit -- The utopia of rules, or why we really love bureaucracy after all -- Appendix. On Batman and the problem of constituent power
- Control code
- FIEb17676368
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781612193748
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879582444
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