Back in 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes prophesied that by the century's end, technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks. But instead, something curious happened. Today, average working hours have not decreased, but increased. An…

Now in paperback, the updated and expanded edition: David Graeber's "fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely" (Financial Times) history of debt Here anthropologist David Graeb…

Byråkrati uppfattas ofta som synonymt med krångel. Och att byråkrati verkligen kan innebära krångel fick antropologen och aktivisten David Graeber erfara när hans mor blev svårt sjuk och han behövde en fullmakt för att kunna ta hand om hennes ekonom…

From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend…

Arbete är en institution. Partierna är överens om att jobben är den viktigaste politiska frågan. Samtidigt blir arbetstillfällena allt färre. De som har jobb arbetar för mycket, de som inte har det straffas och kontrolleras. Att hålla hjulen snurran…

From bestselling writer David Graeber--"a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate" (Slate)--a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs...and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to…

From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question…

David Graeber is not only one of today's most important living thinkers, but also one of the most influential. He is also one of the very few engaged intellectuals who has a proven track record of effective militancy on a world scale, and his impact…

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…

In anthropology as much as in popular imagination, kings are figures of fascination and intrigue, heroes or tyrants in ways presidents and prime ministers can never be. This collection of essays by two of the world's most distinguished anthropologis…

Omgivet av fiender, inklusive IS och Turkiets krigsmakt, håller folket i Rojavas autonoma region på att bygga upp ett av jordens mest progressiva samhällen. Besökare har häpnat över framgångarna för dess projekt, en gemensamt organiserad demokrati,…

From their earliest meetings, activist David Graeber knew that the Occupy Wall Street movement was something different. From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a gl…

Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart. But as financial institutions stagger and crumble, there is no obvious alternative. There is good reason to believe that, in a generation or so, capitalism will no longer exist for the simple reas…

In recent and ongoing uprisings all around the world, from Santiago to Hong Kong, many of the protesters' aims have been consistent: justice, an end to political corruption, and a return to principles of collective good. Yet there are also specific…

A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution--from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of the state, political violence, and social inequality--and revealing new…

Anthropologist David Graeber undertakes the first detailed ethnographic study of the global justice movement. The case study at the center of Direct Action is the organizing and events that led to the one of the most dramatic and militant mass prote…

From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend…

David Graeber n'est pas seulement l'un des plus importants penseurs vivants. Il est aussi l'un des plus influents, mais, au contraire de bien d'intellectuels « engag s , l'un des tr s rares avoir fait preuve d'une efficacit militante r percuss…

This manifesto is the definitive work of Abdullah calan, crucial for understanding the Kurdish revolution. Here calan outlines a democratic alternative for the Middle East.A criticism that limits itself to capitalism is too superficial, calan argues…

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, b…

Brudstykker af en anarkistisk antropologi er et essay i syv dele, der via tankerækker, korte manifester og udkast til teorier fremskriver en p.t. fraværende alliance mellem antropologi og anarkisme. Bogen er ikke bare henvendt til antropologer, den…

-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…

I den nye rekken av Cappelens upopulære skrifter kommer Revolusjoner i revers av David Graeber som nr. 72. I denne essaysamlingen utforsker David Graeber et bredt spekter av temaer, inkludert politisk strategi, global handel, gjeld, fantasi, vold, e…

Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between the descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber arrived for fieldwork at the height of tensions attributed to a disastrous communal ordeal two year…