The Utopia of Rules

On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

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By David Graeber

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Does bureaucracy have anything to do with Batman, police, flying cars, Sci-fi, or D&D? Or with human imagination, alienation, and creativity? Graeber amazingly connects all of the above in relation to state power and capitalism. Following this thinking tunnel was so fascinating, and it alarmingly reminded me how easily these oppressive systems can creep in our daily lives and in our mind. This book was such a fun mind sharpener, and a supreme enjoyment if you like thinking!

*Bonus if you read "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology," where Graeber argues that certain theories on anarchism should be written by anthropologists. Some of those arguments are included in "Utopia of Rules," and it's cool to see how Graeber kept their words to accomplish those works years later!

Koko, Firestorm Collective member

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Paperback
272 pages
ISBN
9781612195186
Publisher
Melville House (2/1/16)
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches

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