{"product_id":"bullshit-jobs","title":"Bullshit Jobs: A Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom David Graeber, the bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Dawn of Everything\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/debt-the-first-5-000-years-updated-and-expanded\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDebt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSlate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eBullshit Jobs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003egives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e“Clever and charismatic.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of our most important and provocative thinkers...” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCory Doctorow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Graeber is an American anthropologist with a winning combination of talents: he’s a startlingly original thinker...able to convey complicated ideas with wit and clarity.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(UK)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant, deeply original political thinker…” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRebecca Solnit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A master of opening up thought and stimulating debate.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSlate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Graeber wants us to unshackle ourselves from the limits imposed by bureaucracy, precisely so we can actually get down to openly and creatively arguing about our collective future.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNPR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thought-provoking examination of our working lives.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Buoyed by a sense of recognition, the reader happily follows Graeber in his fun attempts to categorize bulls--- jobs into Goons, Flunkies, Box Tickers, Duct Tapers, and Taskmasters, which inevitably bleed together into Complex Multiform Bulls--- Jobs. It’s funny, albeit painful, that we’ve gotten work so wrong and spend so much time at it.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBloomberg.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Graeber (1961-2020) was a Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics. His bestselling books includeThe Dawn of Everything, cowritten with David Wengrow, andDEBT: The First 5,000 Years.He was a contributor to Harper's Magazine, The Guardian, and The Baffler. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44517681168477,"sku":"9781501143335","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/9781501143335.jpg?v=1781201514","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/en-us\/products\/bullshit-jobs","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}