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David Graeber
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American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020)
David Graeber was an American anthropologist and anarchist thinker (1961-2020) who became widely influential for his critiques of capitalism, bureaucracy, and work culture, most notably through his bestselling book "Bullshit Jobs." His interdisciplinary approach to studying economics, history, and human society from an anthropological perspective shaped contemporary debates about labor, value, and social organization.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12 February 1961
- Died
- 2 September 2020
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Il n'y a jamais eu d'Occident
- Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World ...
- Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
- On Kings
- Cities Made Differently
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1961
- Active to
- 2020
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 500
- Total plays
- 6,126
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,001x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,243x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,912x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,733x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 57,920x
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Quotes
- “Direct action is the insistence, when faced with structures of unjust authority, on acting as if one is already free.”
- “One could well argue that if there is any human essence, it is precisely our capacity to imagine that we have one.”
- “At the very least, one would imagine being an openly anarchist professor would mean challenging the way universities are run—and I don’t mean by demanding an anarchist studies department, either—and that, of course, is going to get one in far more trouble than anything one could ever write.”
- ““Policy” is the negation of politics; policy is by definition something concocted by some form of elite, which presumes it knows better than others how their affairs are to be conducted. By participating in policy debates the very best one can achieve is to limit the damage, since the very premise is inimical to the idea of people managing their own affairs.”
- “The right's approach is to release the dogs of the market, throwing all traditional verities into disarray; and then, in this tumult of insecurity, offer themselves up as the last bastion of order and hierarchy, the stalwart defenders of the authority of churches and fathers against the barbarians they have themselves unleashed.”
- “Consumer debt is the lifeblood of our economy. All modern nation states are built on deficit spending. Debt has come to be the central issue of international politics. But nobody seems to know exactly what it is, or how to think about it.”
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Key facts
- Born
- David Rolfe Graeber , ( 1961-02-12 ) February 12, 1961, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- September 2, 2020 (2020-09-02) (aged 59), Venice , Italy
- Alma mater
- State University of New York at Purchase ( BA , 1984) University of Chicago ( MA , PhD , 1996)
- Known for
- Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011) The Utopia of Rules (2015) Bullshit Jobs (2018) The Dawn of Everything (2021)
- Spouse
- Nika Dubrovsky ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 )
- Awards
- Bread and Roses Award (2012) Bateson Book Prize (2012)
- Fields
- Economic anthropology Social anthropology
- Institutions
- Yale University Goldsmiths, University of London London School of Economics
- Thesis
- The Disastrous Ordeal of 1987: Memory and Violence in Rural Madagascar
- Doctoral advisor
- Marshall Sahlins
- Website
- www .davidgraeber .org
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Official website
David Rolfe Graeber - David Graeber
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Described at
About — David Graeber Industries
davidgraeber.space →He co-founded this website with a friend, and chose its name . I was born and raised in New York, the child of Kenneth Graeber, a plate stripper (offset photolithography), originally from Kansas, who had fought with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, and Ruth (Rubinstein) Graeber, born in Poland, a garment worker and home-maker who had been the female lead in the 1930s Labor Stage musical, Pins & Needles. From there I went on to University of Chicago. I lived in Chicago for over a decade, apart from two years (between 1989 and 1991) during which I was doing anthropological fieldwork in highland Madagascar, received a PhD in 1996, and then held a series of academic jobs. These included some graduate teaching at Chicago, though admittedly not much, a year at Haverford, a year of unemployment including a visiting scholar status and one course at NYU, and a junior faculty position at Yale. In 2004, the Yale department voted not to continue my contract, before I could begin the process of coming up for tenure. This was a very unusual procedure where new rules had to be invented for my case (i.e., no student or outside reviews were allowed.) Yale gave no reason for its decision other than dissatisfaction with my scholarship but some felt it might not have been entirely irrelevant that I was by this time quite active in the Global Justice Movement and other anarchist-inspired projects. After Yale I found myself unemployable in my own country, but for some mysterious reason , being avidly shopped pretty much everywhere else. I ended up at Goldsmiths, University of London, from 2007-2013, working with inspiring colleagues and wonderful students, and now, as a full professor, at the London School of Economics, where I am surrounded by some of the best and most interesting people one could hope to be around. After living for some years in several countries at once, I’ve finally settled full-time in London. I’ve continued to be actively engaged in social movements of one sort or another, insofar as I actually can, living in exile with a full-time job. I was involved in the initial meetings that helped set up Occupy Wall Street, for instance, and have been working with the Kurdish Freedom Movement in various capacities as well. Oh, and since this is a matter of some historical contention: no, I didn’t personally come up with the slogan “We are the 99%.” I did first suggest that we call ourselves the 99%. Then two Spanish indignados and a Greek anarchist added the “we” and later a food-not-bombs veteran put the “are” between them. And they say you can’t create something worthwhile by committee! I’d include their names but considering the way Police Intelligence has been coming after early OWS organisers, maybe it would be better not to.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- davidgraeber.org
- Image
- David Graeber 2015-03-07 (16741093492) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1961-02-12
- date of death
- 2020-09-02
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- name in native language
- David Graeber
- social media followers
- 122489
- curriculum vitae URL
- davidgraeber.space/s/DG-spring_summer-2017_18-CV-PUBLISH.pdf
- described at URL
- davidgraeber.space/about.html
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David Rolfe Graeber (/ˈɡreɪbər/; February 12, 1961 – September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist social and political activist. His influential work in social and economic anthropology, particularly his books Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), The Utopia of Rules (2015), Bullshit Jobs (2018), and The Dawn of Everything (2021), and his leading role in the Occupy movement earned him recognition as one of the foremost anthropologists and left-wing thinkers of his time.
Born in New York City to a working-class family, Graeber studied at Purchase College and the University of Chicago, where he conducted ethnographic research in Madagascar under Marshall Sahlins and obtained his doctorate in 1996. He was an assistant professor at Yale University from 1998 to 2005, when the university controversially decided not to renew his contract. Unable to secure another position in the United States, Graeber entered "academic exile" in England, where he was a lecturer and reader at Goldsmiths' College from 2007 to 2013 and a professor at the London School of Economics from 2013.