{"product_id":"bullshit-jobs-the-rise-of-pointless-work-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-david-graeber-9780141983479","title":"Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Spectacular and terrifyingly true' Owen Jones\u003cbr\u003e'Explosive' John McDonnell, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e'Thought-provoking and funny' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 and CITY AM BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBe honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book shows why, and what we can do about it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks and driving flying cars. Instead, something curious happened. Not only have the flying cars not materialised, but average working hours have increased rather than decreased. And now, across the developed world, three-quarters of all jobs are in services, finance or admin: jobs that don't seem to contribute anything to society. In Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber exp…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOmschrijving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Spectacular and terrifyingly true' Owen Jones\u003cbr\u003e'Explosive' John McDonnell, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e'Thought-provoking and funny' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 and CITY AM BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBe honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book shows why, and what we can do about it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks and driving flying cars. Instead, something curious happened. Not only have the flying cars not materialised, but average working hours have increased rather than decreased. And now, across the developed world, three-quarters of all jobs are in services, finance or admin: jobs that don't seem to contribute anything to society. In Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber explores how this phenomenon - one more associated with the Soviet Union, but which capitalism was supposed to eliminate - has happened. In doing so, he looks at how, rather than producing anything, work has become an end in itself; the way such work maintains the current broken system of finance capital; and, finally, how we can get out of it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is for anyone whose heart has sunk at the sight of a whiteboard, who believes 'workshops' should only be for making things, or who just suspects that there might be a better way to run our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePromotionele informatie\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuge swathes of people spend their days performing tasks they secretly believe are not really necessary. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProductspecificaties\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuteur:\u003c\/strong\u003e David Graeber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUitgever:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books Ltd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBindwijze:\u003c\/strong\u003e B-format paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerschijningsdatum:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019-02-07\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAantal pagina's:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780141983479\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThema:\u003c\/strong\u003e Advice on careers and achieving success\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/strong\u003e SOCIAL SCIENCE \/ Sociology \/ Social Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOver de auteur\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Graeber\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. He is the author of, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDebt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePirate Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a contributor to \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e. An iconic thinker and renowned activist, his early efforts helped to make Occupy Wall Street an era-defining movement. 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