David Graeber

Nov 22, 2024 | counterpunch.org | David Graeber

In thousands of ways, we are taught to accept the world we live in as the only possible one, but thousands of other ways of organizing homes, cities, schools, societies, economies, and cosmologies have existed and could exist. We started a project called Made Differently: designed to play with the possibility and to overcome the suspicion—instilled in us every day—that life is limited, miserable, and boring. Our first focus is Cities Made Differently, exploring different ways of living together.

Nov 7, 2024 | penguin.co.uk | David Graeber

Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber's most important essays and interviews. 'David Graeber has always been an inspiration to me. Reading him fills me with both hope and joy... The tools he has shared to help all of us deconstruct the current reality we inhabit are invaluable.

Sep 23, 2024 | theanarchistlibrary.org | David Graeber |David Wengrow

In the mid-twentieth century, a British anthropologist named A. M. Hocart proposed that monarchs and institutions of government were originally derived from rituals designed to channel powers of life from the cosmos into human society. He suggested that “the first kings must have been dead kings,” and that individuals so honored only really became sacred rulers at their funerals. Hocart was considered an oddball by his fellow anthropologists, and many accused him of being unscientific.

Sep 10, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | David Graeber |Elliot Mintz |Alex Cuadros

Rob Sheffield. Dey Street, $27.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-335131-8Music journalist Sheffield (Turn Around Bright Eyes) offers a spirited tribute to “the messiest and most fascinating figure in pop music.” A fan of Taylor Swift since hearing “Our Song” in the summer of 2007, Sheffield documents her entry into the music industry at 11, her move to Nashville at 13, her high school “outcast days,” and the release of her eponymous debut album in 2006.

Sep 7, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | David Graeber |Elliot Mintz |Alex Cuadros

Sune Engel Rasmussen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30 (352p) ISBN 978-0-374-60994-8The upheaval of the American occupation of Afghanistan is seen through the eyes of young people who endured, embraced, or fought it in this penetrating debut. Wall Street Journal reporter Rasmussen follows the contrasting stories of several Afghans who came of age after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban regime.