By David Graeber
¿Cuál es el origen de ese afán por average, imponer normas y burocratizar todos y cada uno de los aspectos de nuestra vida? Y lo más importante, ¿hasta qué punto nos arruina l. a. existencia toda esa cantidad de formularios, procedimientos y documentación? No sólo en lo público, también en el trabajo y en l. a. vida privada.
Para responder a estas preguntas, David Graeber, uno de los pensadores más provocadores e influyentes del momento, pone el foco sobre las distintas formas en que l. a. burocracia se inmiscuye en nuestro día a día y revela hasta qué punto llega a determinar nuestras vidas. Un interminable y abominable papeleo que anula l. a. creatividad y devour gran parte del tiempo.
El avance tecnológico, los angeles gran promesa del capitalismo, se ha descubierto como otro mecanismo más de regulate, mucho más poderoso, al que sin embargo nos hemos doblegado sin oponer resistencia, seducidos por sus encantos.
Navegando desde el influjo de los angeles economía liberal de los angeles segunda mitad del siglo xx hasta el significado oculto tras personajes como James Bond, Sherlock Holmes o Batman, este libro es un amazing trabajo de teoría social en los angeles tradición de autores como Foucault, Marcuse o el mismo Marx, si bien los angeles presencia en su análisis de l. a. cultura renowned y su accesibilidad lo acercan también a las obras de Zizek.
Un libro imprescindible para los tiempos que vivimos, que nos arma de argumentos en el debate presente sobre el cambio de modelo y que nos señala el camino hacia un mundo mejor y más justo.
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