David Graeber teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of
London. He is the author of "Towards an Anthropological Theory of
Value," "Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in
Madagascar," "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology,"
"Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire, "and"
Direct Action: An Ethnography." He has written for "Harper's," "The
Nation," "Mute," and "The New Left Review." In 2006, he delivered
the Malinowski Memorial Lecture at the London School of Economics,
an annual talk that honors "outstanding anthropologists who have
fundamentally shaped the study of culture."
In the summer of 2011, he worked with a small group of activists
and " Adbusters" magazine to plan Occupy Wall Street. "Bloomberg
Businessweek " has called him an "anti-leader" of the movement.
"The Atlantic" wrote that he "has come to represent the Occupy Wall
Street message... expressing the group's theory, and its founding
principles, in a way that truly elucidated some of the things
people have questioned about it."
Winner of the Bateson Book Prize awarded by the Society for
Cultural Anthropology
"One of the year's most influential books. Graeber situates the
emergence of credit within the rise of class society, the
destruction of societies based on 'webs of mutual commitment' and
the constantly implied threat of physical violence that lies behind
all social relations based on money." --Paul Mason, "The
Guardian"
"The book is more readable and entertaining than I can indicate...
It is a meditation on debt, tribute, gifts, religion and the false
history of money. Graeber is a scholarly researcher, an activist
and a public intellectual. His field is the whole history of social
and economic transactions." "--"Peter Carey," The Observer"
"An alternate history of the rise of money and markets, a
sprawling, erudite, provocative work."
--Drake Bennett, "Bloomberg Businessweek "
"[A]n engaging book. Part anthropological history and part
provocative political argument, it's a useful corrective to what
passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the
economy."
--Jesse Singal, "Boston Globe"
"Fresh... fascinating... Graeber's book is not just
thought-provoking, but also exceedingly timely."
"--"Gillian Tett, "Financial Times"(London)
"Terrific... In the best anthropological tradition, he helps us
reset our everyday ideas by exploring history and other
civilizations, then boomeranging back to render our own world
strange, and more open to change."
"--"Raj Patel, ""The Globe and Mail""
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position
on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A
Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel
meaningless to me."
--Charles Mudede, "The Stranger"
"The world of borrowing needs a little demystification, and David
Graeber's "Debt "is a good start."
--"The L Magazine"
"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book."
"--"Winner of the Bateson Book Prize awarded by the Society for
Cultural Anthropology
"One of the year's most influential books. Graeber situates the
emergence of credit within the rise of class society, the
destruction of societies based on 'webs of mutual commitment' and
the constantly implied threat of physical violence that lies behind
all social relations based on money." --Paul Mason, "The
Guardian"
"The book is more readable and entertaining than I can indicate...
It is a meditation on debt, tribute, gifts, religion and the false
history of money. Graeber is a scholarly researcher, an activist
and a public intellectual. His field is the whole history of social
and economic transactions." "--"Peter Carey," The Observer"
"An alternate history of the rise of money and markets, a
sprawling, erudite, provocative work."
--Drake Bennett, "Bloomberg Businessweek "
"[A]n engaging book. Part anthropological history and part
provocative political argument, it's a useful corrective to what
passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the
economy."
--Jesse Singal, "Boston Globe"
"Fresh... fascinating... Graeber's book is not just
thought-provoking, but also exceedingly timely."
"--"Gillian Tett, "Financial Times"(London)
"Terrific... In the best anthropological tradition, he helps us
reset our everyday ideas by exploring history and other
civilizations, then boomeranging back to render our own world
strange, and more open to change."
"--"Raj Patel, ""The Globe and Mail""
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position
on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A
Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel
meaningless to me."
--Charles Mudede, "The Stranger"
"The world of borrowing needs a little demystification, and David
Graeber's "Debt "is a good start."
--"The L Magazine"
"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book.
"One of the year's most influential books. Graeber situates the
emergence of credit within the rise of class society, the
destruction of societies based on 'webs of mutual commitment' and
the constantly implied threat of physical violence that lies behind
all social relations based on money." --Paul Mason, "The
Guardian"
"The book is more readable and entertaining than I can indicate...
It is a meditation on debt, tribute, gifts, religion and the false
history of money. Graeber is a scholarly researcher, an activist
and a public intellectual. His field is the whole history of social
and economic transactions." "--"Peter Carey," The Observer"
"An alternate history of the rise of money and markets, a
sprawling, erudite, provocative work."
--Drake Bennett, "Bloomberg Businessweek "
"[A]n engaging book. Part anthropological history and part
provocative political argument, it's a useful corrective to what
passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the
economy."
--Jesse Singal, "Boston Globe"
"Fresh... fascinating... Graeber's book is not just
thought-provoking, but also exceedingly timely."
"--"Gillian Tett, "Financial Times"(London)
"Terrific... In the best anthropological tradition, he helps us
reset our everyday ideas by exploring history and other
civilizations, then boomeranging back to render our own world
strange, and more open to change."
"--"Raj Patel, ""The Globe and Mail""
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position
on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A
Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel
meaningless to me."
--Charles Mudede, "The Stranger"
"The world of borrowing needs a little demystification, and David
Graeber's "Debt "is a good start."
--"The L Magazine"
"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book."
--"Booklist"
"This timely and accessible book would appeal to any reader
interest
"An alternate history of the rise of money and markets, a
sprawling, erudite, provocative work."
--Drake Bennett, "Bloomberg Businessweek "
"[A]n engaging book. Part anthropological history and part
provocative political argument, it's a useful corrective to what
passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the
economy."
--Jesse Singal, "Boston Globe"
"Fresh... fascinating... Graeber's book is not just
thought-provoking, but also exceedingly timely."
"--"Gillian Tett, "Financial Times"(London)
"Terrific... In the best anthropological tradition, he helps us
reset our everyday ideas by exploring history and other
civilizations, then boomeranging back to render our own world
strange, and more open to change."
"--"Raj Patel, ""The Globe and Mail""
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position
on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A
Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel
meaningless to me."
--Charles Mudede, "The Stranger"
"The world of borrowing needs a little demystification, and David
Graeber's "Debt "is a good start."
--"The L Magazine"
"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book."
--"Booklist"
"This timely and accessible book would appeal to any reader
interested in the past and present culture surrounding debt, as
well as broad-minded economists."
--"Library Journal"
Praise for David Graeber
"I consider him the best anthropological theorist of his generation
from anywhere in the world."
--Maurice Bloch, Professor of Anthropology at the London School of
Economics
"A brilliant, deeply original political thinker."
--Rebecca Solnit, author of "A Paradise Built in Hell"
"If anthropology consists of making the apparently wild thought of
others logically compelling in their own cultural settings and
intellectually revealing of the human condition, then David Graeber
is the consumma
"[A]n engaging book. Part anthropological history and part
provocative political argument, it's a useful corrective to what
passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the
economy."
--Jesse Singal, "Boston Globe"
"Graeber's book is not just thought-provoking, but also exceedingly
timely."
"--Financial Times"(London)
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position
on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A
Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel
meaningless to me."
--Charles Mudede, "The Stranger"
"The world of borrowing needs a little demystification, and David
Graeber's "Debt "is a good start."
--"The L Magazine"
"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book."
--"Booklist"
"This timely and accessible book would appeal to any reader
interested in the past and present culture surrounding debt, as
well as broad-minded economists."
--"Library Journal"
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position
on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A
Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel
meaningless to me."
--Charles Mudede, "The Stranger"
Praise for David Graeber
"I consider him the best anthropological theorist of his generation
from anywhere in the world."
--Maurice Bloch, professor of anthropology at the London School of
Economics
"A brilliant, deeply original political thinker."
--Rebecca Solnit, author of "A Paradise Built in Hell"
"A scholar whose books and articles are used in college classrooms
around the world and an anarchist who is a card-carrying member of
the Industrial Workers of the World."
"--The New York Times"
"He's a public intellectual. He speaks out. He participates. He's
not someone who simply does good scholarship; he's an activist and
a controversial person."
--Stanley Aronowitz
"If anthropolo
Praise for David Graeber
"I consider him the best anthropological theorist of his generation
from anywhere in the world."
--Maurice Bloch, professor of anthropology at the London School of
Economics
"A scholar whose books and articles are used in college classrooms
around the world and an anarchist who is a card-carrying member of
the Industrial Workers of the World."
"--The New York Times"
"He's a public intellectual. He speaks out. He participates. He's
not someone who simply does good scholarship; he's an activist and
a controversial person."
--Stanley Aronowitz
"If anthropology consists of making the apparently wild thought of
others logically compelling in their own cultural settings and
intellectually revealing of the human condition, then David Graeber
is the consummate anthropologist. Not only does he accomplish this
profound feat, he redoubles it by the critical task--now more
urgent than ever--of making the possibilities of other p
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