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David Graeber argued against ‘Great Man’ approaches to knowledge, but it seems his fate to become one

David Graeber, who died in 2020 at the age of 59, was an anthropologist and a political activist. The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World is a curated collection of his essays. Like a glitzy museum exhibition, it is part serious memorialisation, part entertainment, and part invitation to play.

The Conversation

‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David Graeber

As a new collection of his writing is published, Rebecca Solnit remembers her friend, the late activist and anarchist who believed ordinary people had the power to change the world

The Guardian - UK

Flunkies, goons and managerial feudalism: why David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs is the book that keeps on giving

Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential books.

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We’re More in Debt than Ever. What Now?

One paradoxical solution to the affordability crisis: let individuals take on even more debt

The Walrus

From Piketty’s Capital to Hawking’s The Theory of Everything: can one book explain it all?

Millennia-spanning takes on history, evolution and economics are booming. But who buys these ‘grand theory’ books? And do they actually read them?

The Guardian - UK

Behold Waterstones Dad – and hurrah for Britain’s new demographic stereotype

The latest slicing of social segments is a floating voter and a welcome addition to the merry-go-round of political life, writes Andrew Anthony

The Guardian - UK

How Pirates in Madagascar Spread Enlightenment Ideas

Pirate Enlightenment documents an interracial experiment in stateless self-governance.

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Young people are sick of working hard for no money – and are using social media to vent

As a pandemic, the rising cost of living and stagnant wages lead a young workforce to reject the ‘work hard and move up in the world’ ethos of old, social media has become a valuable outlet for youthful apathy, writes Joseph Bobowicz

The Independent UK

Woke the plank! Were pirate ships actually beacons of diversity and democracy?

They’ve been portrayed as toothless, wooden-legged cut-throats. But a new exhibition in Cornwall shows there were queer pirates, female pirates, pirates of colour – and they all got a vote (and an equal share of the grog)

The Guardian - UK

Why craft beer fosters better communities than its corporate competitors

Craft beer is big business. In 2021, craft beer sales in the US (the biggest beer market by sales) totaled US$26.8 billion (£22 billion) and represented 13.1% of overall sales of beer. And it’s a growing market.

The Conversation

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber review – utopia by the sea

The late anthropologist on how an 18th-century Madagascan microstate provides a model for egalitarian living

The Guardian - UK

The origins of human society are more complex than we thought

The Conversation

‘I’m certainly open to criticism’: David Wengrow and the trouble with rewriting human history

Wengrow and his late co-author David Graeber caused a sensation with their revisionist view of humankind’s development. But then came the attacks…

The Guardian - UK

Book Review: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

Early cities' concentrated populations and burgeoning scale didn't spontaneously summon pharaonic god-kings or bureaucrats.

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‘The Dawn of Everything’ Is a (Qualified) Masterpiece

‘The Dawn of Everything’ not only shows that there are alternatives to neoliberal patriarchal settler capitalism. It tells a compelling story of how we “got stuck” where we are now.

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