TY - SER
AU - Ben Kafka
CY - New York, NY
LA - English
N1 - <p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Introduction: The psychic life of paperwork&nbsp;</li></ul><p>1. The disciplined state The National Assembly doesn't give a damn&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Shareholders in the great social enterprise </li><li>The disciplined state</li><li>A stranger to everything happening&nbsp;</li></ul><p>2. The demon of writing The demon of writing&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The physical impossibility of doing otherwise </li><li>Tiresome details, barbarous concision </li><li>As simple as it was bizarre </li><li>Matter, form, and power&nbsp;</li></ul><p>3. The state of want Writing and indifference&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Women and white paper </li><li>Is Tocqueville kidding? </li><li>A bitter joke&nbsp;</li></ul><p>4. The bureaucratic medium The case of Inspector von Zuccalmaglio&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Smashing </li><li>Mistakes are made </li><li>Withdrawal slip </li><li>From the desk of Roland Barthes </li><li>Conclusion: The wish-utensil</li></ul>
PB - Zone Books
PP - New York, NY
PY - 2012
SN - 9781935408260
EP - 182 pp.
TI - The Demon of Writing: Powers and Failures of Paperwork
ER -