Assholes
eBook - ePub

Assholes

A Theory

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Assholes

A Theory

About this book

What does it mean for someone to be an a**hole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people for whom there is no better name. Try as we might to avoid them, a**holes are found everywhere at work, at home, on the road, and in the public sphere. Encountering one causes great difficulty and personal strain, especially because we often cannot understand why exactly someone should be acting like that. A**hole management begins with a**hole understanding. In the spirit of the bestselling On Bullshit James gives us the concepts to think or say why a**holes disturb us so, and explains why such people seem part of the human social condition, especially in an age of raging narcissism and unbridled capitalism. These concepts are also practically useful, as understanding the a**hole we are stuck with helps us think constructively about how to handle problems they present. We get a better sense of when the a**hole is best resisted, and when he is best ignored a better sense of what is, and what is not, worth fighting for.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. 1: A THEORY
  8. 2: NAMING NAMES
  9. 3: NEWER ASSHOLE STYLES
  10. 4: GENDER, NATURE, BLAME
  11. 5: ASSHOLE MANAGEMENT
  12. 6: ASSHOLE CAPITALISM
  13. 7: ACCEPTING THE GIVEN
  14. LETTER TO AN ASSHOLE
  15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  16. APPENDIX: A Game Theory Model of Asshole Capitalism
  17. INDEX
  18. Advertisement
  19. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  20. Also by Aaron James
  21. Copyright