Hardcover, 448 pages
Polish language
Published by Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej.
Książka roku 2018 "Financial Timesa" i "Timesa".
Na pytanie: "Czy Twoja praca daje światu coś sensownego?" 37% Brytyjczyków i 40 % Holendrów odpowiada, że za istnieniem ich zajęcia nie przemawia nic. Czy myślisz, że twoja praca ma znaczenie? Jeśli uważasz, że nie, to prawdopodobnie masz rację – i należysz do coraz większego grona osób wykonujących zawody, które nie mają żadnego sensu.
Antropolog David Graeber w swojej najnowszej książce zgłębia zjawisko prac bez sensu i zastanawia się, co to mówi o dzisiejszym systemie społeczno - gospodarczym.
I was afraid that this was going to be a padded out version of his original essay, but I needn't have worried. Give Graeber 300 pages, and he'll give you ideas worth 600 of them. Coupled with his keen sense for observational comedy, and you get a book that's easy to read, keeps your attention, and highly entertaining.
This is an interesting read. It was interesting to me as someone aspiring to not have a job and close to making that happen. The look at "why have jobs?" and "why treat them as so sacred?" really hit home.
I have long said that this reverence for having a job is rooted in Puritanism. Recently I am wondering if it is more deeply internalized capitalist frames. Graeber's viewpoint is that it is some of both, which I found interesting.
This book was a good companion piece to Chokepoint Capitalism
