Bullshit jobs : A Theory (Record no. 52271)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780241263884
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Universal Decimal Classification number 3
Item number GRA
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Graeber, David,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Bullshit jobs : A Theory
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Edition statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London
Name of publisher Allen Lane
Year of publication 2018
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xxvii, 333 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-333).
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "'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.
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Topical Term Job satisfaction
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Topical Term Social structure.
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Topical Term Work
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Topical Term BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success.
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Topical Term SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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Topical Term Bureaucracy
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Topical Term Organizational effectiveness.
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Topical Term Social structure.
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Topical Term Work
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Topical Term Work
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Topical Term Arbeit
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Topical Term Sinn
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Topical Term Bürokratisierung
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Topical Term Arbeitskultur
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Topical Term Arbeitssoziologie
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element General
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