304 pages
French language
Published Oct. 7, 2015 by Les liens qui libèrent.
Une enquête historique sur l'emprise de la bureaucratie dans nos sociétés. « Toute initiative gouvernementale conçue pour réduire les pesanteurs administratives et promouvoir les forces du marché aura pour effet ultime d’accroître le nombre total de réglementations, le volume total de paperasse et l’effectif total des agents de l’État. » David Graeber
Une enquête historique sur l'emprise de la bureaucratie dans nos sociétés. « Toute initiative gouvernementale conçue pour réduire les pesanteurs administratives et promouvoir les forces du marché aura pour effet ultime d’accroître le nombre total de réglementations, le volume total de paperasse et l’effectif total des agents de l’État. » David Graeber
Read it some time ago, very good overview why bureaucracy is needed but also why it grows and is a method of executing power.
What an incredible book. A poignant look at how and why bureaucracies are created and maintained, how they are a form of game that’s opposed to actual play, how each of us has a responsibility to actively imagine a better world and create the conditions under which it can come into existence, and a surprise analysis of Christopher Nolan’s film “The Dark Knight Rises” which (trust me) makes sense in this context.
A clear recommendation for anyone who wants to look critically at how we as a society run the world. It’s also not too dense (as opposed to some other political philosophy works) and written in a very approachable way.
Overall a good interesting book. Sometimes I found it difficult to understand how some parts were relevant to the topic if each of the 3 essays. However by the end of each essay I felt their point had been well made.
