Abstract:
David Graeber wrote about debt, jobs and the negative effects of globalization. He was an American anthropologist, anarchist activist, and was an author known for his books Debt: The First 5000 Years, The Utopia of Rules and Bullshit Jobs: A Theory. A professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, he passed away 2 September 2020, at age 59.
Keywords:
honor-based, dignity-based, honor, dignity, jokesterism, private property, hierarchy, alienation
How to cite:
Herrman, Charles. “David Graeber: Purity, Alienation and Dignity.” Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture 5, no. 2 (2021): 88-102. https://doi.org/10.14394/eidos.jpc.2021.0019.
Author:
Charles Herrman
Independent Scholar
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-3428
cherrman@gmail.com
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