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I enjoyed the excerpts pertaining to the oh so naughty anarchistic views of famous anthropological theorists, but I wish there was a greater focus on how anthropologists as gatherers of information (through ethnographic research) can help society reimagine its existence without the desire of a ruling party or "state". Anthropologists encounter many different societal organizations that flourish, so why not assert such possibilities through the raising of such findings? Not all societies are alike but perhaps some key principles could be adopted into "western" or more "modern" societies.

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challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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informative medium-paced

4.0

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4.0

Saggio superinteressante.

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5.0

In an eye-opening Read, Graeber not only debunks some of the Fallacies surrounding Anarchism in general, but provides a glimpse of an Alternative. The last Chapter, lambasting the (then) current Crop of Anthropologists, is fantastic. In the same Chapter, he points out how the Field needs to refocus and stop churning out (racist?) Prejudices as Facts. I can see the Seeds of "Bullshit Jobs" in between. His Rage is enormous but he manages to channel it into Brilliance. He is very quietly becoming Kind of a Hero of mine. I don't have the Time or mental Fortitude, at least as of now, to critically evaluate what he has written, but I still find myself agreeing with him, not to mention the sheer Moral Courage it takes to be an Anarchist out in the Open and demanding Money from an Institution to produce Work that delegitimizing its very own basic Premise.

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