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The New Spirit of Capitalism

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A century after the publication of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism, a major new work examines network-based organization, employee autonomy and post-Fordist horizontal work structures.
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A century after the publication of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism, a major new work examines network-based organization, employee autonomy and post-Fordist horizontal work structures.

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“Just be yourself!”: Towards neo‐normative control in organisations?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the nature and employee experience of an emergent approach to managing employees which emphasises "being yourself" through the expression of fun, individuality and difference.
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The cultural contradictions of the creative city

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The Enclave Society: Towards a Sociology of Immobility

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A thousand plateaus : capitalism and schizophrenia

TL;DR: In this paper, a translation of the poem "The Pleasures of Philosophy" is presented, with a discussion of concrete rules and abstract machines in the context of art and philosophy.
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