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Dead Man Working by Fleming, Peter & Cederstrom, Carl is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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<span><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="638" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr style="height:13.5pt;"><td style="width:477.8pt;padding:0.75pt 0.75pt 0pt 0.75pt;border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none" valign="bottom" width="638" nowrap=""><span><span>Capitalism has become strange. Ironically, while the &lsquo;age of work&rsquo; seems to have come to an end, working has assumed a total presence &ndash; a &lsquo;worker&rsquo;s society&rsquo; in the worst sense of the term &ndash; where everyone finds themselves obsessed with it. So what does the worker tell us today? &quot;I feel drained, empty&hellip; dead.&quot; This book tells the story of the dead man working. It follows this figure through the daily tedium of the office, to the humiliating mandatory team building exercise, to awkward encounters with the funky boss who pretends to hate capitalism and tells you to be authentic. In this society, the experience of work is not of dying...but neither of living. It is one of a living death. And yet, the dead man working is nevertheless compelled to wear the exterior signs of life, to throw a pretty smile, feign enthusiasm and mak

Who reads Dead Man Working?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Fleming, Peter & Cederstrom, Carl
Publisher
NBN_Mobi_Kindle
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781780991566
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Psychology, Fiction, Philosophy
Rating
3.83 / 5 (87 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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