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Cover: 9781350108684 | Work, Sleep, Repeat | Felix Stein | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2019
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Work, Sleep, Repeat
The Abstract Labour of German Management Consultants
Taschenbuch von Felix Stein
Sprache: Englisch

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Work, Sleep, Repeat is a fascinating account of the work regime of German management consultants. Examining one of the most sought-after - and secretive - graduate professions, the book provides a first-hand account of the boardroom culture of Europe's strongest economy. Analyzing how knowledge and power operate in this sector, Felix Stein explores a number of paradoxes. For example, while it is the job of management consultants to analyse the activities of other employees, they actually spend most of their time in luxurious seclusion away from them. In addition, despite having a strong sense of the importance of their work, consultants often find it difficult to explain to outsiders what it is they do. The book addresses these and other paradoxes by arguing that consultants are engaged in abstract labour. Anthropologists have long struggled with the question of how to describe contemporary work regimes which do not produce anything tangible. Stein demonstrates that elite work is predominantly abstract, in the fourfold sense that it is epistemically removed from the object of analysis, emotionally detached from it, several steps away from the assumed sources of economic value creation, and increasingly hard to grasp. In doing so, he offers new ways to think about white collar work and elites in the 21st century and establishes the notion of 'abstract labour' as a key category in social anthropology.
Work, Sleep, Repeat is a fascinating account of the work regime of German management consultants. Examining one of the most sought-after - and secretive - graduate professions, the book provides a first-hand account of the boardroom culture of Europe's strongest economy. Analyzing how knowledge and power operate in this sector, Felix Stein explores a number of paradoxes. For example, while it is the job of management consultants to analyse the activities of other employees, they actually spend most of their time in luxurious seclusion away from them. In addition, despite having a strong sense of the importance of their work, consultants often find it difficult to explain to outsiders what it is they do. The book addresses these and other paradoxes by arguing that consultants are engaged in abstract labour. Anthropologists have long struggled with the question of how to describe contemporary work regimes which do not produce anything tangible. Stein demonstrates that elite work is predominantly abstract, in the fourfold sense that it is epistemically removed from the object of analysis, emotionally detached from it, several steps away from the assumed sources of economic value creation, and increasingly hard to grasp. In doing so, he offers new ways to think about white collar work and elites in the 21st century and establishes the notion of 'abstract labour' as a key category in social anthropology.
Über den Autor
Felix Stein is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, UK
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of FiguresAcknowledgementsNote on the Use of German Terms ForewordIntroduction 1. Background: A Brief History of Management Consulting 2. Selling Speed: Capitalist Acceleration and Temporal Angst 3. Economies of Legitimacy 4. Absurdity and Abstract Labour 5. Selves and Commodities 6. Uncertainty at Work Conclusion: The Business of Critique BibliographyIndex
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781350108684
ISBN-10: 1350108685
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stein, Felix
Redaktion: Bear, Laura
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Felix Stein
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,383 kg
Artikel-ID: 128419263
Über den Autor
Felix Stein is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, UK
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of FiguresAcknowledgementsNote on the Use of German Terms ForewordIntroduction 1. Background: A Brief History of Management Consulting 2. Selling Speed: Capitalist Acceleration and Temporal Angst 3. Economies of Legitimacy 4. Absurdity and Abstract Labour 5. Selves and Commodities 6. Uncertainty at Work Conclusion: The Business of Critique BibliographyIndex
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781350108684
ISBN-10: 1350108685
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stein, Felix
Redaktion: Bear, Laura
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Felix Stein
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,383 kg
Artikel-ID: 128419263
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