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Lectures, interviews, and talks by David Graeber — anthropologist, anarchist, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs, and The Dawn of Everything.
…a little bit like the corporate lawyers. So you could say that. And you could say that, for example, I think Pierre Bourdieu used to do these calculations that When they introduce workplace efficiency by speeding things up and making things more flexible…
…a little bit like the corporate lawyers. So you could say that. And you could say that, for example, I think Pierre Bourdieu used to do these calculations that When they introduce workplace efficiency by speeding things up and making things more flexible…
…a little bit like the corporate lawyers. So you could say that. And you could say that, for example, I think Pierre Bourdieu used to do these calculations that When they introduce workplace efficiency by speeding things up and making things more flexible…
…these guys did. And to me, this is one of the greatest acts of barbarism in world history. It was inspired by Pierre Bourdieu. Before he died, he became very political in the anti-neoliberal movements of his day. And he pointed that out, that the people…
…creating, you know, sort of like some mid-level human misery, I guess. And is there a special effects that we don't even know? Pierre Bourdieu like to talk about the left and right hand of the state. He would say that. And they talk about efficiency. So…
…greater flexibility in jobs, it will create like larger productivity and, you know, the overall effects on wealth will be greater. Bourdieu pointed out that people this is a French sociologist pointed out that people can only say that because we have this…
…cash, but you wouldn't trust. So that kind of financial language and language of honor and responsibility and respectability overlap, as Pierre Bourdieu says about North Africa now, In a way, you can get money using honor, you can't get honor using money.…
…is really good at creating a docile labor force because it's really hard to join a union. It's really hard to plan. Pierre Bourdieu did a whole study where he showed that people who are in precarious jobs don't get involved in political parties. They…
…show that people who have no job security don't work as well. They're not as dedicated. They don't innovate or create. Pierre Bourdieu did a whole study where he showed that people who are in precarious jobs don't get involved in political parties. They…
…the question of social class entirely, I think that's equally dangerous. If you take, say, the approach of someone like Pierre Bourdieu, there's different forms of capital. There's economic capital, and you can very much monitor that. But there's also social…
…class entirely, I think that's equally dangerous because what you have If you take, say, the approach of someone like Pierre Bourdieu, there's different forms of capital. There's economic capital, and you can very much monitor that. But there's also social…
…class entirely, I think that's equally dangerous because what you have, if you take say the approach of someone like Pierre Bourdieu, there's different forms of capital. There's economic capital and you can very much monitor that. But there's also social and…