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. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of romanticism, respond with silence...But what if they didn't? This pamphlet ponders what that response would be and explores the implications of linking anthropology to anarchism. Here, David Graeber invites readers to imagine this discipline that currently only exists in the realm of possibility: anarchist anthropology.
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David Graeber is professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics and the author, most recently, of The Utopia of Rules.
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丹麦克里斯蒂娜的占屋社区(squatter community)的居民有一个圣诞习俗,打扮成圣诞老人,将百货商店里的玩具拿出来派发给街上的小朋友,这么做的一个原因,是如此一来人们就可以见到警察殴打圣诞老人、将玩具从哭泣的小孩手中抢走的场景。
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