Elizabeth Anderson (1) (1959–)
Auteur de Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
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A propos de l'auteur
Elizabeth Anderson is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. Her books include The Imperative of Integration (Princeton).
Œuvres de Elizabeth Anderson
Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) (2017) 172 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1959-12-05
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Swarthmore College (BA, Philosophy and Economics)
Harvard University (Ph.D., Philosophy) - Professions
- Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan
Professor of Women's Studies, University of Michigan - Prix et distinctions
- MacArthur Fellowship (2019)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 284
- Popularité
- #82,067
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 45
- Langues
- 4
I think what makes this such an engrossing read is that a lot of what Anderson highlights isn't so much unknown to us, but we have been raised, for generations now, to view things a certain way, even if it makes little or no sense once we stop and really think about it. I enjoy when a book brings things together in a way that makes them make sense and disrupts the things we have ended up taking at face value from those benefitting from the misunderstanding and misappropriation.
Reading this at the same time as I was reading Taming the Street helped give even more depth to that book, which focused on FDR trying to reign in Wall Street and the capitalism that was destroying the country and most of the citizens. I suspect that being armed with this new perspective will help me, and most other readers, connect the dots between many movements and coalitions that seem to not only work against most citizens but works against even those championing the cause. Once we accepted that there is such a thing as a "work ethic" we then had to figure out for whose benefit it was directed and, along similar lines, how broadly the benefits would be distributed. Unfortunately, a small percentage have diverted whatever good was in the ideal and made themselves the sole beneficiaries of everyone else's hard work, while making us feel guilty or worthless if we aren't putting enough profit into their pockets.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in how we ended up working ourselves to death so a select few can not do any work at all yet reap the benefits. This is also a call to action and, if need be, perhaps a call to consider further action if we can't make society more equitable within these parameters. Whatever means necessary.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (plus d'informations)