David Rolfe Graeber (/ˈɡreɪbər/; born 12 February 1961) is a London-based anthropologist and anarchist activist, perhaps best known for his 2011 volume Debt: The First 5000 Years. He is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics.
As an assistant professor and associate professor of anthropology at Yale from 1998–2007 he specialised in theories of value and social theory. The university's decision not to rehire him when he would otherwise have become eligible for tenure sparked an academic controversy, and a petition with more than 4,500 signatures. He went on to become, from 2007–13, Reader in Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London.
His activism includes protests against the 3rd Summit of the Americas in Quebec City in 2001, and the 2002 World Economic Forum in New York City. Graeber was a leading figure in the Occupy Wall Street movement, and is sometimes credited with having coined the slogan, "We are the 99 percent".
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.
Does 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 a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.
There are millions 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.
Graeber 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. Bullshit Jobs gives 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.
##這本書能火的原因,大概在於,作者抓住瞭大多數人都不喜歡自己工作的心理,為大傢找到瞭一個情緒宣泄的齣口;然而難以忽略的是,這本書無論是對現象的觀察,原因的陳述,還是解決方案的倡議,都站不住腳。書中唯一的一個有意思的地方,自己之前也觀察到卻難以解釋的:越是對社會有貢獻的工作,比如護士、老師、清潔工、消防員等工資越低,而那些對社會沒有太大貢獻,甚至帶來傷害的工作,比如銀行傢、營銷人員、說客等等,工資反而高。
評分 評分##前麵bullshit jobs的觀察和分析還是不錯的。迴想起來我當年也乾過兩次Bullshit jobs,幸好都時間不長。某種政府下bullshit jobs更是觸目驚心,30%的公務員;當然,他們當中最壞的不是不乾事的那些,而是“乾事”的那些。但書最後的universal basic income就扯淡瞭。作者肯定是不知道還有“三閤大神”這個物種,計劃生育造就瞭比美國總人口還多的這種生物,如果ubi瞭,世界就崩潰瞭。
評分 評分##- 作者David Graeber去年去世,媒體上有不少悼念的文章,讓我注意到他。後來纔五六年前曾嘗試讀過他寫的Debt,但當時在手機上的Kindle閱讀器上讀得非常辛苦,加上自己力有不逮,沒有完成,現在迴想還是頗為遺憾。 - 作者最為人熟知應該是佔領華爾街運動的參與,他稱自己為無政...
評分 評分 評分##身為人類學傢的作者的這個想法很有趣,時不時毒舌腹黑一下,也能給人一點對自身和現代社會的思考,還真的是一個段子就能說明的事硬是被寫成瞭一本書可見多囉嗦。?
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