David Graeber

Ihmiskuntaa uhkaavat erilaiset kriisit: poliittiset, taloudelliset ja ekologiset. Silti olemme katsoneet parhaaksi joko jatkaa business as usual tai takertua nostalgian syövereissä myyttiseen menneisyyteen. David Graeber oli yksi harvoista, jotka ajattelivat vastakarvaan. Hän uskalsi kuvitella uuden ymmärryksen menneisyydestä ja tulevaisuuden, jossa yhteiskuntajärjestys perustuisi ihmisten vapauteen. Kolmella vuosikymmenellä julkaistuissa kirjoituksissaan aikamme suurimmista kysymyksistä - eriarvoisuudesta, teknologiasta, ”lännen” identiteetistä, demokratiasta, taiteesta, vallasta, vihasta, keskinäisestä avusta ja vastarinnasta - hän haastoi totunnaiset ajatukset poliittisesta elämästä. Graeber kirjoittaa: ”Perimmäinen salattu totuus maailmasta on se, että maailma on meidän tekoamme ja voisimme aivan yhtä hyvin tehdä sen toisenlaiseksi."

Una mirada in dita y desafiante que desmonta las principales teor as evolutivas de la historia. Durante generaciones hemos visto a nuestros antepasados m s remotos como seres primitivos, ingenuos y violentos. Se nos ha dicho que solo era posible alcanzar la civilizaci n sacrificando libertades o domesticando nuestros instintos. En este ensayo, los reconocidos antrop logos David Graeber y David Wengrow demuestran que estas concepciones, que surgieron en el siglo xviii, fueron una reacci n conservadora de la sociedad europea ante las cr ticas de los intelectuales ind genas y que no tienen un aval antropol gico y arqueol gico. El amanecer de todo es una nueva historia de la humanidad, un texto combativo que transforma nuestra comprensi n del pasado y abre camino para imaginar nuevas formas de organizaci n social. Una obra monumental que cuestiona las ideas de pensadores como Jared Diamond, Francis Fukuyama y Yuval Noah Harari. Porque la suposici n de que las sociedades se vuelven menos igualitarias y libres a medida que se hacen m s complejas y civilizadas no es m s que un mito. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A groundbreaking and provocative perspective that dismantles the main evolutionary theories in history. The Dawn of Everything challenges conventional theories of human evolution, arguing that early societies were far more complex and diverse than traditionally believed. Anthropologists David Graeber and David Wengrow reveal that the idea of primitive, violent ancestors was a product of 18th-century European conservatism, shaped in response to critiques from Indigenous intellectuals. They dismantle the notion that civilization required sacrificing freedoms or suppressing instincts, showing that archaeological and anthropological evidence does not support these claims. This groundbreaking book redefines humanity's past, debunking long-held myths about the origins of cities, states, inequality, and democracy. It presents a dynamic view of prehistoric communities, demonstrating their adaptability and innovation. The Dawn of Everything challenges influential thinkers like Jared Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, and Yuval Noah Harari, arguing that the belief that societies become less equal and free as they grow more complex is nothing more than a myth.

'The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently,' wrote David Graeber, as well-known for his sharp, lively essays as he was for his iconic role in the Occupy movement and his paradigm-shifting tomes. There are converging political, economic, and ecological crises, and yet our politics is dominated by either business as usual or nostalgia for a mythical past. Thinking against the grain, Graeber was one of the few who dared to imagine a new understanding of the past and a liberatory vision of the future — to imagine a social order based on humans’ fundamental freedom. In essays published over three decades and ranging across the biggest issues of our time — inequality, technology, the identity of 'the West,' democracy, art, power, anger, mutual aid, and protest — he challenges the old assumptions about political life. A trenchant critic of the order of things, and driven by a bold imagination and a passionate commitment to human freedom, he offers hope that our world can be different. During a moment of daunting upheaval and pervasive despair, the incisive, entertaining, and urgent essays collected in The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World . . . , edited and with an introduction by Nika Dubrovksy and with a foreword by Rebecca Solnit, make for essential and inspiring reading. They are a profound reminder of Graeber’s enduring significance as an iconic, playful, necessary thinker.

Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber's most important essays and interviews. "The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently," wrote David Graeber. A renowned anthropologist, activist, and author of such classic books as Debt and the breakout New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything (with David Wengrow), Graeber was as well-known for his sharp, lively essays as he was for his iconic role in the Occupy movement and his paradigm-shifting tomes. There are converging political, economic, and ecological crises, and yet our politics is dominated by either business as usual or nostalgia for a mythical past. Thinking against the grain, Graeber was one of the few who dared to imagine a new understanding of the past and a liberatory vision of the future--to imagine a social order based on humans' fundamental freedom. In essays published over three decades and ranging across the biggest issues of our time-- inequality, technology, the identity of "the West," democracy, art, power, anger, mutual aid, and protest--he challenges the old assumptions about political life. A trenchant critic of the order of things, and driven by a bold imagination and a passionate commitment to human freedom, he offers hope that our world can be different. During a moment of daunting upheaval and pervasive despair, the incisive, entertaining, and urgent essays collected in The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World . . ., edited and with an introduction by Nika Dubrovsky and with a foreword by Rebecca Solnit, make for essential and inspiring reading. They are a profound reminder of Graeber's enduring significance as an iconic, playful, necessary thinker.

Antropolog Devid Greber i arkheolog Devid Uengrou zanovo skladyvajut pazl istorii chelovechestva, brosaja vyzov dominirujuschim predstavlenijam o razvitii obschestva kak o dvizhenii ot egalitarnykh grupp okhotnikov-sobiratelej - cherez agrarnuju revoljutsiju i urbanizatsiju - k sozdaniju ierarkhicheskikh gosudarstv. Po mneniju avtorov, etot traditsionnyj narrativ ne imeet nichego obschego s faktami, a lish vosproizvodit mify, ukorenivshiesja v istoricheskoj nauke. Vozmozhno, chelovechestvo idet sovsem po drugomu puti. Osnovyvajas na dannykh arkheologii, antropologii i smezhnykh distsiplin, poluchennykh za poslednie desjatiletija, mnenii indigennykh myslitelej, Greber i Uengrou predlagajut posmotret na sotsialnuju istoriju izvne zapadnogo kanona. Avtory obektivno otsenivajut ambitsioznost svoej zadachi - na osmyslenie novoj kartiny i prinjatie ee naukoj ujdut gody, tem vazhnee uzhe sejchas proizvesti ponjatijnyj sdvig. "Zarja vsego" voznikla kak svoego roda igra, neformalnaja diskussija antropologa i arkheologa ob istorii chelovechestva, i prevratilas v zakhvatyvajuschee intellektualnoe puteshestvie. Perevodchik: Mitroshenkov Konstantin

Full of playful graphics, provocative questions, and curious facts, this book asks what makes a city and how we might make them differently. What makes a city a city? Who says? Drafted over decades out of a dialogue between artist and author Nika Dubrovsky, the late anthropologist David Graeber, and Nika s then four-year-old son, this delightful and provocative book Cities Made Differently opens a space for invention and collaboration. Fusing anthropology, literature, play, and drawing, the book is essentially a visual essay that asks us to reconsider our ideas about cities and the people who inhabit them. Drawing us into a world of history and myth, science and imagination, Graeber and Dubrovsky invite us to rethink the worlds we inhabit because we can, and nothing is too strange or too wonderful to be true. With inspired pictures and prompts, Cities Made Differently asks what a city is, or could be, or once was. Sleeping at the bottom of the ocean? Buried in lava? What were those cities of long ago, and what will the cities of the future be? They might be virtual, ruled by AI, or islands of beautiful architecture afloat in seas of greenery. They might be utopian places of refuge or refugee camps as far as the eye can see. On land, underground or aloft, excavated or imagined, cities, this book tells us in provocative and funny ways, can be anything we want them to be and what we want them to be can tell us something about who we are, what it is to be human, and what s possible when we make way for wonder. Cities Made Differently exists in two versions, one for reading and thinking, the other, downloadable at a4kids.org, for drawing and dreaming.

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. The more people that we can reach the more chance of a reimagined world is possible'- Clive Lewis MP ‘The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently,’ wrote David Graeber. This new collection brings together the renowned anthropologist, author and activist’s most visionary essays, showing him imagining a new understanding of the past – and a future based on humans' fundamental freedom. Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, and ranging across the biggest issues of our time – inequality, technology, the identity of ‘the West,’ democracy, art, power, anger, mutual aid and protest – Graeber’s essays challenge the old assumptions about political life. Despite converging political, economic, and ecological crises, our politics is still dominated by either ‘business as usual’ or nostalgia for a mythical past. Instead, Graeber shows himself to be a trenchant critic of the order of things, driven by a bold imagination and a passionate hope that our world can be different. The incisive, entertaining and urgent essays collected in The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World make for essential reading. They are a profound reminder of Graeber's enduring significance as an inspiring and necessary thinker.

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything. Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societies--vibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire. In graduate school, David Graeber conducted ethnographic field research in Madagascar for his doctoral thesis on the island's politics and history of slavery and magic. During this time, he encountered the Zana-Malata, an ethnic group of mixed descendants of the many pirates who settled on the island at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia, Graeber's final posthumous book, is the outgrowth of this early research and the culmination of ideas that he developed in his classic, bestselling works Debt and The Dawn of Everything (written with the archaeologist David Wengrow). In this lively, incisive exploration, Graeber considers how the protodemocratic, even libertarian practices of the Zana-Malata came to shape the Enlightenment project, which for too long has been defined as distinctly European. He illuminates the non-European origins of what we consider to be "Western" thought and endeavors to recover forgotten forms of social and political order that gesture toward new, hopeful possibilities for the future.

'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the European Enlightenment. A brilliant companion volume to the best-selling Dawn of Everything' Amitav GhoshThe Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie thousands of miles away on the island of Madagascar, in the late seventeenth century, when it was home to several thousand pirates. This was the Golden Age of Piracy - but it was also, argues anthropologist David Graeber, a brief window of radical democracy, as the pirate settlers attempted to apply the egalitarian principles of their ships to a new society on land. In this jewel of a book, Graeber offers a way to 'decolonize the Enlightenment', demonstrating how this mixed community experimented with an alternative vision of human freedom, far from that being formulated in the salons and coffee houses of Europe. Its actors were Malagasy women, philosopher kings and escaped slaves, exploring ideas that were ultimately to be put into practice by Western revolutionary regimes a century later. Pirate Enlightenment playfully dismantles the central myths of the Enlightenment. In their place comes a story about the magic, sea battles, purloined princesses, manhunts, make-believe kingdoms, fraudulent ambassadors, spies, jewel thieves, poisoners and devil worship that lie at the origins of modern freedom.

"Kõigi asjade koidik" muudab põhjalikult arusaama inimkonna minevikust. See on määratu intellektuaalse haardega raamat, mille kutsusid ellu uudishimu, moraalne vaade ja usk tegude jõusse. Autorid tutvustavad täiesti uut lähenemist inimkonna ajaloole, muutes küsitavaks ühiskonna arengu senised põhitõed alates põllumajandusest ja linnade kujunemisest kuni riigi, demokraatia ja ebavõrdsuse tekkeni. See-eest avanevad uued lootusrikkad väljavaated võrdsema ühiskonna sünniks. Aastasadu on meie kaugeist esivanemaist mõeldud kui primitiivseist ja lapsikuist - nad olid kas vabad ja võrdsed lillelapsed või ühed sõjakad jõmmid. Väidetakse, et tsivilisatsioon sünnib üksnes siis, kui ohverdada oma vabadus ja ürginstinktidele päitsed pähe panna. David Graeberi ja David Wengrow sõnul on sellised teooriad XVIII sajandi konservatiivse reaktsiooni viljad, kui põlisrahvaste vaatlejad ja intellektuaalid jõuliselt Euroopa ühiskonda kritiseerisid. Uus pilk toonasele vastasseisule annab üllatava pöörde sellele, kuidas mõista tänapäeval inimkonna ajalugu, sealhulgas põllumajanduse, omandi, linnade, demokraatia, orjuse ja tsivilisatsiooni enese päritolu. Tuginedes murrangulistele uuringutele arheoloogias ja antropoloogias, näitavad autorid, kuidas ajalugu muutub palju huvitavamaks, kui oma kontseptuaalsed köidikud maha visata ja mõista, mis seal tegelikult peidus on.

Dette er en monumental bok med formidabel intellektuell rekkevidde. Begynnelsen til alt argumenterer for en ny måte å tenke omkring menneskets historie på. I boka kommer forfatterne med tanker og hypoteser som utfordrer våre vanligste ideer om menneskets sosiale utvikling. David Graeber og David Wengrow viser hvordan slike teorier først dukket opp i det attende århundre som en reaksjon og kritikk av det europeiske samfunnet. Verden er mer kompleks og annerledes enn tidligere antatt, hevder de. Hvordan oppstod jordbruket, byene, demokratiet, ja selve den menneskelige sivilisasjonen? Kåret til årets bok i Sunday Times, Observer og BBC History.

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything. Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and radical visions of freedom. But at the root of this mythology is a rich history of pirate societies--vibrant, imaginative experiments in self-governance and alternative social formations at the edges of the European empire. In graduate school, David Graeber conducted ethnographic field research in Madagascar for his doctoral thesis on the island's politics and history of slavery and magic. During this time, he encountered the Zana-Malata, an ethnic group of mixed descendants of the many pirates who settled on the island at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia, Graeber's final posthumous book, is the outgrowth of this early research and the culmination of ideas that he developed in his classic, bestselling works Debt and The Dawn of Everything (written with the archaeologist David Wengrow). In this lively, incisive exploration, Graeber considers how the protodemocratic, even libertarian practices of the Zana-Malata came to shape the Enlightenment project, which for too long has been defined as distinctly European. He illuminates the non-European origins of what we consider to be "Western" thought and endeavors to recover forgotten forms of social and political order that gesture toward new, hopeful possibilities for the future.

"Võlg" ilmus 2011. aastal vahetult ülemaailmse krediidikriisi järel ning pälvis selles hetkes ohtralt tähelepanu nii anarhistide, antropoloogide, ajaloolaste kui ka pankurite seas. Sellest sai intellektuaalne dünamiit, mis pööras pahupidi terve rea sügavalt juurdunud käibetõdesid selle kohta, mis täpselt on võlg, millel see põhineb ja kuidas see toimib. Enamgi veel - Graeber näitab, kuidas võlg ja võlgnevus on vundamendiks mitte ainult majandusele, vaid laiemalt kogu ühiskonnale ja moraalile ning kutsub meid seega ümber hindama seda, kuidas me suhtume nii enda kui teiste võlgadesse." David Graeberi "Võlg" on uskumatu raamat - anarhistist antropoloogi kirjutatud ajalooline ülevaade teemast, mida me oleme harjunud pidama pankurite pärusmaaks. See on mõjukas teos, mis väärib seismist samal riiulil Smithi ja Marxiga."- Tarmo Jüristo, kodanikuaktivist ja kolumnistAUTORI TUTVUSTUS:David Rolfe Graeber oli Ameerika antropoloog, anarhistist ühiskondlik-poliitiline aktivist, Londoni Majanduskooli antropoloogiaprofessor, kes uuris majandusliku väärtuse teooriat ja sotsiaalteooriat. Ta oli üks liikumise Hõivake Wall Street (Occupy Wall Street) juhtfiguure. Graeber on kirjutanud üle 15 raamatu, millest osa on ilmunud postuumselt pärast tema ootamatut surma 2020. aastal.

David Graebers och David Wengrows storverk The Dawn of Everything i svensk översättning med titeln Början på allt : En ny historia om mänskligheten. Det är en bok som i grunden förändrar vår förståelse för människans historia och samtidigt presenterar visionära idéer om frihet och framtidens samhällen. I generationer har vi betraktat människans avlägsna förfäder som barnsliga eller primitiva. Vi ser dem antingen som fria, jämlika och oskuldsfulla primater, eller som tjuvaktiga och krigiska bestar. Vi har fått lära oss att civilisationen bara kunde uppstå genom att vi gav upp vår ursprungliga frihet och tämjde våra barbariska instinkter. Graeber och Wengrow visar oss att detta är fel. Det vi länge tagit för givna sanningar om människan har rötterna i 1700-talets konservativa motreaktion mot upplysningens kritik av det europeiska samhället. Ändå formar de fortfarande vår historiesyn, och leder till felslut om hur jordbruk, privat egendom, städer, demokrati, slaveri och vår civilisation egentligen uppstod. Början på allt är ett verk med imponerande intellektuell spännvidd, präglat av nyfikenhet och övertygelsen om kraften i att våga förändra. David Graeber var professor i antropologi vid London School of Economics och författare av de bästsäljande böckerna Debt och Bullshit Jobs. Han var erkänd som en ikonisk tänkare och politisk aktivist samt en av ledargestalterna inom Occupy Wall Street-rörelsen. David Graeber avled den 2 september 2020. David Wengrow är professor i arkeologi vid University College London samt gästprofessor vid New York University. Han är författare till ett flertal böcker som utforskar den mänskliga civilisationen och bedriver arkeologiska utgrävningar i såväl Västafrika som Mellanöstern. Sagt om boken"... en världsomspännande genomgång av den forskning som de senaste decennierna visat sig ställa de flesta enkelspåriga utvecklingsmyter på huvudet, men som de flesta av oss trots det knappt hört talas om." Dan Jönsson, Dagens Nyheter "Jag känner mig darrig. Och förvirrad. Och upplyst. På en och samma gång." Sigge Eklund"... först och främst en uppgörelse med den etablerade civilisationsberättelsen, driven av genuin nyfikenhet och orienterad i den kunskap som faktiskt producerats av arkeologer och antropologer. Den kommer att läsas och läsas om i många år framöver." Rasmus Fleischer, Flamman "Det är en fantastiskt storslagen bok som utmanar de etablerade uppfattningarna om hur civilisationen uppstod och mänskligheten utvecklades." BTJ, som ger Början på allt 5 av 5 i betyg"Väldigt fin." Lasse Berg, författare till Kalahari-serien och Ändå inte försvunnen om sorg tröst och att vara människa." En fascinerande bok som får oss att omvärdera människans förmågor och vår historias stoltaste ögonblick. Boken är såväl utmanande som upplysande." Noam Chomsky, professor emeritus i lingvistik vid MIT och ansedd som den moderna lingvistikens fader. "Det här är inte bara en bok, utan en intellektuell läsfest. Det finns knappast ett kapitel som inte utmanar akademins ingrodda föreställningar. Den är djup, avslappnat ikonoklastisk, faktamässigt rigorös och njutbar att läsa." Nassim Nicholas Taleb, professor i ekonomi och författare till globala bästsäljare som The Black Swan och Skin in the game.