tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post3953325860525937919..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: Shock: David Graeber dead at 59yo; "We are the 99 percent" more relevant than everBill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-61011513217959053512021-10-23T17:59:15.190+10:302021-10-23T17:59:15.190+10:30Graeber book review
New book: David Graeber rewri...<br /><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/graeber-wengrow-dawn-of-everything-history-humanity/620177/" rel="nofollow">Graeber book review</a><br /><br />New book: David Graeber rewrites history, is he right?Bill Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-29054703158414110062020-10-09T11:28:28.677+10:302020-10-09T11:28:28.677+10:30Bill,i'm not sure what to make of 'The Bul...Bill,i'm not sure what to make of 'The Bully's Pulpit' I experienced quite a lengthy spell of bullying working in a major metropolitan hospital,but Graeber's article doesn't seem relevant to the growing prevalence of work place bullying that's become so prevalent the last 25+ years.<br /><br />I'm not saying Graeber totally pathologises the problem, though there's a strong element of that approach. The social setting(s), the social hierarchies, seem to miss out in Graebers article. His work may/may not be applicable to the education area,but it seems to miss the mark re my experiences in the health field.<br /><br />On P8 Graeber states, 'the overwhelming majority of bullying incidents take place in front of an audience.' My recollection is quite different as having rosters changed, job relocation, leave withheld, encouraging other staff make complaints about you, is more insidious, though your work colleagues become an audience to your suffering. It gives a warning about what can be done to an employee who challenges authority. You stand up to the bully,and yes things can/do get worse.<br /><br />However I totally agree with the end of P 9,'the manner of the victim's reaction to an act of aggression can be used as retrospective justification for the original act of aggression itself'. <br /><br />On P11 he nears conclusion stating''before we let adult males entirely off the hook'. Some males are bullies, no denying that, but bullying isn't the exclusive domain of A gender.The bully i'm alluding to, the Nursing Unit Manager was female. Bullying like aggression can take different forms, possibly dependent on the gender of the perpetrator. Male violence/aggression more overt,female usually covert.Both are very painful for the victims.<br /><br />Bill i've not really learnt much of use from Graeber's article. It may be relevant in certain settings, in certain ways of understanding bullying but it misses a lot of important areas.<br /><br />Glen!Glen!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14238934587937226470noreply@blogger.com