Bibliograph

The utopia of rules, on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy, David Graeber

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The utopia of rules, on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy, David Graeber

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-261)

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The utopia of rules

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

879582444

Responsibility statement

David Graeber

Sub title

on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy

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"--Jacket

Table Of 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

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