That depends on what you mean by dehumanize. Obviously, it cannot literally strip a human being of belonging to his or her species. But bureaucracies function by setting up large, rule-governed systems whose various stations or checkpoints are stewarded by individual functionaries, none of whom is allowed to break the chain of events to effectuate a more expeditious or helpful outcome for any individual caught up in the red tape. Human identity, in the sense that people are beings that need and suffer and rely on one another, is something bureaucracy can damage or, in some senses, efface....