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Now a widely cited classic, this innovative book is the first comprehensive synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber reexamines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find a way out of ongoing quandaries in current social theory, which have become critical at the present moment of ideological collapse in the face of Neoliberalism. Rooted in an engaged, dynamic realism, Graeber argues that projects of cultural comparison are in a sense necessarily revolutionary projects: He attempts to synthesize the best insights of Karl Marx and Marcel Mauss, arguing that these figures represent two extreme, but ultimately complementary, possibilities in the shape such a project might take. Graeber breathes new life into the classic anthropological texts on exchange, value, and economy. He rethinks the cases of Iroquois wampum, Pacific kula exchanges, and the Kwakiutl potlatch within the flow of world historical processes, and recasts value as a model of human meaning-making, which far exceeds rationalist/reductive economist paradigms.

Values. --- Anthropology --- Social values. --- Ceremonial exchange. --- Valeurs (Philosophie) --- Anthropologie --- Valeurs sociales --- Echange cérémoniel --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Values --- Social Values --- Ceremonial exchange --- Philosophy --- #SBIB:39A3 --- Antropologie: geschiedenis, theorie, wetenschap (incl. grondleggers van de antropologie als wetenschap) --- Echange cérémoniel --- Social values --- Axiology --- Worth --- Aesthetics --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Metaphysics --- Psychology --- Ethics --- Gift exchange --- Exchange --- Rites and ceremonies --- Anthropology - Philosophy --- Sociology --- Economic sociology

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An epic account of the power of memory in Madagascar

Ethnology --- Slavery --- Betafo (Madagascar) --- History. --- Social life and customs. --- Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Enslaved persons

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Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter system--to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There's not a shred of evidence to support it. Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginning of the agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems--a system that far preceeded cash or organized barter. It is in this era, Graeber shows, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors. With the passage of time, however, virtual credit money was replaced by gold and silver coins--and the system as a whole began to decline. Interest rates spiked and the indebted became slaves. And the system perpetuated itself with tremendously violent consequences, with only the rare intervention of kings and churches keeping the system from spiraling out of control. Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a fascinating chronicle of this little known history--as well as how it has defined human history, and what it means for the credit crisis of the present day and the future of our economy.

AA / International- internationaal --- 331.162.4 --- 333.70 --- Geschiedenis van het krediet. --- Theorie en organisatie van het bankkrediet. --- Debt --- -Money --- -Financial crises --- -336.7 <09> --- 330.9 --- 332 --- Crashes, Financial --- Crises, Financial --- Financial crashes --- Financial panics --- Panics (Finance) --- Stock exchange crashes --- Stock market panics --- Currency --- Monetary question --- Money, Primitive --- Specie --- Standard of value --- Indebtedness --- 336.7 <09> Geschiedenis van het bankwezen --- Geschiedenis van het bankwezen --- History --- Crises --- Exchange --- Finance --- Value --- Banks and banking --- Coinage --- Currency question --- Gold --- Silver --- Silver question --- Wealth --- Financial crises --- Money --- Geschiedenis van het krediet --- Theorie en organisatie van het bankkrediet --- International finance --- 336.7 <09> --- History. --- Dettes --- Monnaie --- Crises financières --- Histoire --- Debt - History --- Money - History --- Financial crises - History

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"Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart. But as financial institutions stagger and crumble, there is no obvious alternative. There is good reason to believe that, in a generation or so, capitalism will no longer exist: for the simple reason that it's impossible to maintain an engine of perpetual growth forever on a finite planet. Yet faced with this prospect, the knee-jerk reaction is often to cling to what exists because they simply can't imagine an alternative that wouldn't be even more oppressive and destructive. The political imagination seems to have reached an impasse. Or has it? In this collection of essays David Graeber explores a wide-ranging set of topics including political strategy, global trade, debt, imagination, violence, aesthetics, alienation, and creativity. Written in the wake of the anti-globalization movement and the rise of the war on terror, these essays survey the political landscape for signs of hope in unexpected places"--P. [4] of cover.

Revolutions. --- Anti-globalization movement. --- Essays. --- Révolutions --- Antimondialisation --- Essais (Genre littéraire)

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Occupy movement --- Protest movements --- Income distribution --- Equality --- History --- Public opinion. --- Occupy Wall Street (Movement) --- History.