Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
by:
David Graeber (author)
Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of...
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Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of romanticism, respond with silence . . . . But what if they didn't?This pamphlet ponders what that response would be, and explores the implications of linking anthropology to anarchism. Here, David Graeber invites readers to imagine this discipline that currently only exists in the realm of possibility: anarchist anthropology.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780972819640 (0972819649)
ASIN: 972819649
Publish date: April 1st 2004
Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
Pages no: 102
Edition language: English
Highly readable, despite being written by an academic; addresses many of the questions I had as a person new to anarchism and anarchist thought. Also an excellent critique of current systems of thought regarding the necessity of states.
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