Devastated to hear about the death of David Graeber. He was an intellectual giant, full of humanity, someone whose work inspired and encouraged and educated so many.If you haven't read his work, consider doing it now and let his legacy live on.Rest In Power, David Graeber.— Owen Jones 🌹 (@OwenJones84) September 3, 2020
Rather than recommending Bullshit Jobs or Debt, I think more people should read his On Kings (co-authored with Marshall Sahlins). A truly amazing account of all the ways our specific form of kingship has poisoned our minds and still reverberates in the supposedly post-monarchy era, and how many different peoples across the world conceived of kingship and sovereignty differently.
On Kings is brilliant and way more anthropologically dense than his other work. I wouldn't say it's necessarily aimed at a lay audience, but you can still slog your way through it. This is such a shitty loss though.
Yeah it's definitely not a casual "hmmm what shall I read tonight" kind of book, but I truly do love it. The dense-ness made it only more impressive in my eyes, since as a lay person who is not an anthropologist I was still able to make it through and take away tons of insights. Huge loss.
Rest in power, comrade. 2020 takes another.
Rather than recommending Bullshit Jobs or Debt, I think more people should read his On Kings (co-authored with Marshall Sahlins). A truly amazing account of all the ways our specific form of kingship has poisoned our minds and still reverberates in the supposedly post-monarchy era, and how many different peoples across the world conceived of kingship and sovereignty differently.
On Kings is brilliant and way more anthropologically dense than his other work. I wouldn't say it's necessarily aimed at a lay audience, but you can still slog your way through it. This is such a shitty loss though.
Yeah it's definitely not a casual "hmmm what shall I read tonight" kind of book, but I truly do love it. The dense-ness made it only more impressive in my eyes, since as a lay person who is not an anthropologist I was still able to make it through and take away tons of insights. Huge loss.