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David Graeber

American anthropologist and anarchist (1961-2020) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 59

David Rolfe Graeber was an American anthropologist and anarchist social and political activist.

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Fulbright Scholarship
Bread and Roses Award

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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.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1961 to 2020 · aged 59

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