A review by grubnubble
The Mythology of Work: How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself by Peter Fleming

3.0

For a book that is only 200 pages long, there is still a lot of unnecessary philosophical fluff fuckery. Some great ideas, but Fleming doesn’t seem to have a consistent audience in mind. It’s oftentimes unreadably filled with academic jargon and at other moments intimate and informal as Fleming reveals personal stories in a “fuck it, let’s curse now” style.

If you hate reading philosophy as much as I do, I recommend skipping the last chapter (Critique of Dialogical Reason) and maybe watching the movie Fight Club instead. I can’t say why, but the chapter had a distinctly Fight Club vibe. The last bit about Carmen Segarra is the only interesting part of that chapter.

Still, the ideas are good and goddamnit if I don’t love reading anything by an author who speaks Marxism.