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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Author: David Graeber Publisher: CITIC Press Original title: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Author: David Graeber Publisher: CITIC Press Original title: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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Introduction · · · · · ·
Keynes predicted in the 1930s that by the end of the 20th century, technology would be advanced enough to shorten people's working hours to 15 hours a week. But today, people spend more time at work. Does your work contribute to the world? In 2013, David Graeber raised this sharp question in his article "Talking about the "Bullshit Job" Phenomenon", which received more than a million reads and clicks in a few weeks and was translated into more than a dozen languages. Until now, it is still an issue of deep concern. Who is creating these meaningless jobs? How does it reduce efficiency, hinder the realization of personal value, and aggravate inequality? In this book, the author presents his observations, research and reflections in a sharp style, and analyzes the contemporary social problems that plague the world.
Liang Yongan and Yan Fei wrote the prefaces, and Chen Jiaying, Xiang Biao, Liu Qing, Luo Jiade and Feng Lun jointly recommended it.
About the Author · · · · · ·
David Graeber
A famous American anthropologist and sociologist, and a major participant in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, he served as an associate professor at Yale University and a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He studied under anthropologist Marshall Sahlins. He has published "Debt: A 5000-Year History of Debt", which was highly praised by Thomas Piketty, the author of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century".
Table of contents · · · · · ·
Opening the Ferris wheel cabin Yan Fei / IX
Preface
40% of work is meaningless / XV
Chapter 1 What is a “Bullshit Job”?
/ 008 Why being a gangster killer is not a "shitty job"
/ 013 Why our subjective judgment of "shitty jobs" is often correct
/ 020 A common misconception: “Bullshit jobs” are mostly found in the public sector
/ 023 Why being a barber is not a “shitty job”
/ 028 "A completely bullshit job", "A pretty bullshit job" and "A somewhat bullshit job"
Chapter 2 Types of Bullshit Jobs
/ 036 Five Types of Bullshit Jobs
/ 070 Compound Bullshit Job
/ 074 Secondary Shit Job
/ 075 Is there anyone who hasn’t realized that they are doing a shitty job?
Chapter 3 Why do people with shitty jobs say they are unhappy? On mental violence (Part 1)
/ 082 I don't know what to do when I have an idle job
/ 088 Talking about the core of shitty jobs: hypocrisy and lack of purpose
/ 096 Why do we misjudge people’s motivations?
/ 100 The history of fake work: the rise of the concept of "buying other people's time"
/ 108 On the Conflict between the Morality of Time and the Natural Rhythm of Work Chapter 4 How Does It Feel to Be in a Crappy Job? On Mental Violence (Part 2)
/ 121 Why being in a shitty job isn’t always that bad
/ 123 Talking about the pain of "anger with nowhere to go" and "being forced to pretend to work"
/ 132 Talk about the pain of "not being able to trigger consequences"
/ 142 Talk about the pain caused by "feeling that you have no right to suffer"
/ 152 The pain of knowing that what you are doing is bad
/ 156 Epilogue: Talk about how bullshit jobs stifle creativity Chapter 5 Why are there so many bullshit jobs?
/ 177 Causation and the Nature of Sociological Explanation
/ 181 The role of government in creating and maintaining shit jobs
/ 184 Several erroneous explanations for the surge
/ 191 A typical industry: financial industry
/ 203 Similarities and differences between feudalism in modern enterprise management and ancient feudalism
/ 209 Accomplices of Management Feudalism: Media Managers
/ 219 Let’s talk about the conclusion and revisit the three levels of causality Chapter 6 Why is society indifferent to the surge in bullshit jobs?
/ 228 The Impossibility of Using Value to Measure Absolute Standards
/ 234 Why do most people in contemporary society understand social value without considering economic value?
/ 241 The inverse relationship between the social value of work and its economic rewards
/ 256 Talking about our view on labor from the perspective of theological roots
/ 258 The origin of the Nordic value of "life is incomplete without paid work"
/ 262 Capitalism’s glorification of work and workers’ counterattack
/ 269 The flaw in the labor theory of value, and how capital owners exploit it
/ 277 How work became a form of self-discipline and self-sacrifice in the 20th century Chapter 7 Dealing with shitty jobs
/ 289 How to maintain managerial feudalism by balancing the resentment of all parties
/ 300 How the robotization crisis is related to the overall problem of shitty jobs
/ 309 The political consequences of job devaluation and the decline in productivity of care work
/ 314 Talk about "Universal Basic Income"
Acknowledgements/ 333
Comments/335
References/ 369
