Discuss the paradoxes involved with the observation that (1) we are obligated to be self-expressive in this way and (2) this self-expressivism goes hand-in-hand with greater impersonality at work, where impersonality includes lack of loyalty to the employee and the spread of metrics used to micro-manage employee movements.

Consider that our (global) rationalistic culture is characterized by self-expressivism that emphasizes individual self-creation, flexibility, and uniqueness. Discuss the paradoxes involved with the observation that (1) we are obligated to be self-expressive in this way and (2) this self-expressivism goes hand-in-hand with greater impersonality at work, where impersonality includes lack of loyalty to the employee and the spread of metrics used to micro-manage employee movements.

Context

You do not have to draw on all of the course materials, but especially important regarding work are the readings by Beck and by Sennett and the Essay and News Items on Work and Globalization. The PDFs Contemporary Globalized Everyday Life and Historical Overview of Globalization and Conceptions of the Self, are important for summarizing these points and the larger themes.

Consider the following points in Beck, A life of ones own in a runaway world

Points 1, 2, 3, 4: Biographies (individual personal narratives) are to be unique and do-it-yourself but they also are standardized and dependent on institutions.
Points 5, 9, 10: Contemporary individualism depicts a restless, active, flexible self that requires active management.
The piece by Sennett, Street and Office: Two Sources of Identity, uses different terminology but illustrates many of these points, especially relative to the relationship between employers and employees.

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