Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials
Autor Malcolm Harrisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 sep 2018
"The
first
major
accounting
of
the
millennial
generation
written
by
someone
who
belongs
to
it."
--
Jia
Tolentino,The
New
Yorker
"The best, most comprehensive work of social and economic analysis about our benighted generation."--Tony Tulathimutte, author ofPrivate Citizens
"The kind of brilliantly simple idea that instantly clarifies an entire area of culture."--William Deresiewicz, author ofExcellent Sheep
- We are the most educated and hard-working generation in American history.
- We poured historic and insane amounts of time and money into preparing ourselves for the 21stcentury labor market.
- We have been taught to consider working for free (homework, internships) a privilege for our own benefit.
- We are poorer, more medicated, and more precariously employed than our parents, grandparents, even our great grandparents, with less of a social safety net to boot.
Kids These Days,is about why. In brilliant, crackling prose, early Wall Street occupier Malcolm Harris gets mercilessly real about our maligned birth cohort. Examining trends like runaway student debt, the rise of the intern, mass incarceration, social media, and more, Harris gives us a portrait of what it means to be young in America today that will wake you up and piss you off.
Millennials were the first generation raised explicitly as investments, Harris argues, and inKids These Dayshe dares us to confront and take charge of the consequences now that we are grown up.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316510851
ISBN-10: 0316510858
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 138 x 494 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316510858
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 138 x 494 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and an editor at the New Inquiry. His work has appeared in the New Republic, Bookforum, the Village Voice, n+1, and the New York Times Magazine. He lives in Philadelphia.
Recenzii
"Alandmark...Harris
is
a
peerless
observer
of
the
harrowing
economic
costs
of
'meritocracy'."—n+1
"MalcolmHarris offers up an exciting, persuasive argument that young people are not, infact, monsters. Anexcellent gift for NPR-listening elders who appreciate a good debate and coulduse a little sympathy for the millennial."—New York Magazine
"The first major accounting of themillennial generation written by someone who belongs to it."—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
"When will someone stickup for millennials? We have been sheltered by our parents, swindled by ouruniversities, deadened by our therapists, and for all this our reward has beenglib condescension from the boomer press. Rising to our defense is Harris, afamiliar provocateur from the internet's left flank. Harris contends thatAmerica has stiffed our generation...He brings a fresh, contrarian eye to some of the usual datapoints...As generational advocates go, we could do worse than Harris."—New York Times Book Review
"MalcolmHarris's thesis is the kind of brilliantly simple idea that instantly clarifiesan entire area of culture: Millennials are the way they are-anxious, harried,and 'narcissistically' self-focused, though hardly lazy orentitled-because the neoliberal economy has made them so. When we raisechildren in a world that reduces people to 'human capital', then bidsdown the price of that resource, what else should we expect?Kids These Daysis deft, witty, unillusioned, and brutally frank. Read it and weep, puke,scream."—William Deresiewicz, New York Times bestselling author of Excellent Sheep
"Kids These Daysis thebest, most comprehensive work of social and economic analysis about ourbenighted generation. Malcolm Harris matches Naomi Klein for depth of researchand Jane Jacobs for systemic vision. If you're a millennial who feelseconomically jinxed and unfairly spat-upon, but can't say why, cram this bookin your brain; if you think millennials are lazy and entitled, cram this bookin your mouth. Fascinating, infuriating, and bulging with receipts,KidsThese Daysshows us why no space is safe."—Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens
"This fiercely smart book is not just another 'millennialskilled chain restaurants' kind of thing. Instead, Harris dives deep into theways that the millennial generation has been shaped by the capitalist economicforces at work now in America. . . It's a must read for anyone who cares aboutthe future of our society."—Nylon
"It is difficult to believe nobody has written thisbook before, although it is fortunate that Harris--who manages to be quick andoften funny without sacrificing rigor--is the author who ultimately took up thetask. In fewer than three hundred pages, he surveys the myriad hot takes onmillennials-they're lazy, they're entitled, they're narcissists who buy avocadotoast instead of homes, slacking on Snapchat at their unpaid internships-andasks, 'Why?'"—Bookforum
"Malcolm Harrisrestores a good deal of precision to the business of defining the millennialand generational discourse in general. Adhering to a Marxian and behavioristaccount of society, Harris argues that you cannot understand millennials -those born between 1980 and 2000, which include him, and me for that matter -without examining the political, economic and social institutions that nurturedthem... Through this lens we get a sweepingsketch of the bleak, anxiety-ridden lives of young Americans."—Financial Times
"Amethodical deconstruction of one of the stupidest tropes to degrade recentdiscourse. The 'millennial' is created, not born, as Harris shows, and as istrue of all creations, her qualities reveal more about her makers than they doabout her...Kids These Daysanswers a political momentdefined both by youthful outrage and by the patronizing responses to it, whichdeny that it is informed by lived experience."—The Nation
"Harris writesclearly and thoughtfully on key issues facing this generation today. . . [he] reveals the political, cultural, and economicclimates that millennials need to navigate, along with the new issues, neverseen in previous generations, millennials must address. Readers interested insociology of class, economic history, and the millennial generation will findplenty of fascinating food for thought here."—Booklist
"Aninformative study of why the millennial generation faces more struggles thanexpected, despite the hard work they've invested in moving ahead."—Kirkus
"Harris offers a potentrebuke to the idea that neoliberalism is an ideology of freedom and movement,showing instead how lives have become increasingly surveilled, managed and evenendangered as corporations attempt to push drive for profit to the absolutelimits."—The Forward
"A crucial work of generational analysis...In prose that isprecise, readable, and witty, [Harris] explores the economic, social, andpolitical conditions that shaped those of us born between 1980 and 2000.Harris's central contention is that millennials are what happens whencontemporary capitalism converts young people into 'human capital'. Afterreading his book, it seems ill-advised to understand millennials any other way."—Dissent Magazine
"MalcolmHarris offers up an exciting, persuasive argument that young people are not, infact, monsters. Anexcellent gift for NPR-listening elders who appreciate a good debate and coulduse a little sympathy for the millennial."—New York Magazine
"The first major accounting of themillennial generation written by someone who belongs to it."—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
"When will someone stickup for millennials? We have been sheltered by our parents, swindled by ouruniversities, deadened by our therapists, and for all this our reward has beenglib condescension from the boomer press. Rising to our defense is Harris, afamiliar provocateur from the internet's left flank. Harris contends thatAmerica has stiffed our generation...He brings a fresh, contrarian eye to some of the usual datapoints...As generational advocates go, we could do worse than Harris."—New York Times Book Review
"MalcolmHarris's thesis is the kind of brilliantly simple idea that instantly clarifiesan entire area of culture: Millennials are the way they are-anxious, harried,and 'narcissistically' self-focused, though hardly lazy orentitled-because the neoliberal economy has made them so. When we raisechildren in a world that reduces people to 'human capital', then bidsdown the price of that resource, what else should we expect?Kids These Daysis deft, witty, unillusioned, and brutally frank. Read it and weep, puke,scream."—William Deresiewicz, New York Times bestselling author of Excellent Sheep
"Kids These Daysis thebest, most comprehensive work of social and economic analysis about ourbenighted generation. Malcolm Harris matches Naomi Klein for depth of researchand Jane Jacobs for systemic vision. If you're a millennial who feelseconomically jinxed and unfairly spat-upon, but can't say why, cram this bookin your brain; if you think millennials are lazy and entitled, cram this bookin your mouth. Fascinating, infuriating, and bulging with receipts,KidsThese Daysshows us why no space is safe."—Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens
"This fiercely smart book is not just another 'millennialskilled chain restaurants' kind of thing. Instead, Harris dives deep into theways that the millennial generation has been shaped by the capitalist economicforces at work now in America. . . It's a must read for anyone who cares aboutthe future of our society."—Nylon
"It is difficult to believe nobody has written thisbook before, although it is fortunate that Harris--who manages to be quick andoften funny without sacrificing rigor--is the author who ultimately took up thetask. In fewer than three hundred pages, he surveys the myriad hot takes onmillennials-they're lazy, they're entitled, they're narcissists who buy avocadotoast instead of homes, slacking on Snapchat at their unpaid internships-andasks, 'Why?'"—Bookforum
"Malcolm Harrisrestores a good deal of precision to the business of defining the millennialand generational discourse in general. Adhering to a Marxian and behavioristaccount of society, Harris argues that you cannot understand millennials -those born between 1980 and 2000, which include him, and me for that matter -without examining the political, economic and social institutions that nurturedthem... Through this lens we get a sweepingsketch of the bleak, anxiety-ridden lives of young Americans."—Financial Times
"Amethodical deconstruction of one of the stupidest tropes to degrade recentdiscourse. The 'millennial' is created, not born, as Harris shows, and as istrue of all creations, her qualities reveal more about her makers than they doabout her...Kids These Daysanswers a political momentdefined both by youthful outrage and by the patronizing responses to it, whichdeny that it is informed by lived experience."—The Nation
"Harris writesclearly and thoughtfully on key issues facing this generation today. . . [he] reveals the political, cultural, and economicclimates that millennials need to navigate, along with the new issues, neverseen in previous generations, millennials must address. Readers interested insociology of class, economic history, and the millennial generation will findplenty of fascinating food for thought here."—Booklist
"Aninformative study of why the millennial generation faces more struggles thanexpected, despite the hard work they've invested in moving ahead."—Kirkus
"Harris offers a potentrebuke to the idea that neoliberalism is an ideology of freedom and movement,showing instead how lives have become increasingly surveilled, managed and evenendangered as corporations attempt to push drive for profit to the absolutelimits."—The Forward
"A crucial work of generational analysis...In prose that isprecise, readable, and witty, [Harris] explores the economic, social, andpolitical conditions that shaped those of us born between 1980 and 2000.Harris's central contention is that millennials are what happens whencontemporary capitalism converts young people into 'human capital'. Afterreading his book, it seems ill-advised to understand millennials any other way."—Dissent Magazine