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The core idea of this podcast comes from David Graeber, who wrote that our everyday life is mostly run on anarchism, and at the same time people believe that anarchism doesn’t work. One of these is wrong. I hope to illuminate how our communities already

Graham Culbertson


    • Apr 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Everyday Anarchism podcast is truly a gift to listeners who are seeking to live a life in accordance with their values. This podcast effectively exhibits the cultural tension between anarchism and the anarchist, exploring the move to and tug of identity that comes with aligning oneself with this ideology. While there are moments when guests are referred to as anarchists before explicitly identifying themselves as such, overall, the show does an exceptional job at reworking public opinion of anarchy and dispelling misconceptions about it being synonymous with violence.

    One of the best aspects of The Everyday Anarchism podcast is its ability to make anarchism accessible and relatable through thought-provoking discussions and readings. The host, Graham Culbertson, skillfully engages with academics and thinkers who help shape these readings into something that sticks. This is particularly valuable when it comes to understanding older philosophers and organizers whose works may be challenging to comprehend on one's own. The podcast presents big picture ideas that have practical applications in everyday life, making it a must-listen for anyone interested in exploring alternative forms of government and rule.

    While The Everyday Anarchism podcast has many strengths, there are some questionable aspects worth mentioning. There are instances where guests may be referred to as anarchists without their permission or before they have identified themselves as such, which can be seen as a questionable maneuver. It may not necessarily be a persuasive tactic either, potentially alienating guests or causing them to feel misrepresented. This aspect could benefit from more careful consideration in future episodes.

    In conclusion, The Everyday Anarchism podcast offers an invaluable resource for those looking to dive into anarchism and explore its potential in today's world. Graham Culbertson's calm and reasoned discussions together with insightful interviews create an engaging listening experience that encourages deeper thinking about political ideologies. Whether you're new to anarchism or already well-versed, this podcast has something for everyone seeking meaningful conversations about living a life in line with their values. Listen, learn, and share – the world needs more anarchism.



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    154. Hannah Arendt and Civil Disobedience -- John McGowan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 74:42


    John McGowan joins the podcast again to discuss a recent republication of Hannah Arendt's essay "Civil Disobedience, which responds to Plato's Crito, Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government," and the leftwing mass movements of the 1960s. John and I discuss Arendt's importance as a theorist of revolution and totalitarianism, as well as the complex life of the idea of civil disobedience and its reception by Tolstoi, Gandhi, and King.

    153. Organizing in the 21st Century -- Jaz Brisack

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 37:59


    Jaz Brisack joins me to discuss their new book, Get on the Job and Organize. Jaz and I discuss why billionaires take union organizing personally, how organizing is different in the 21st century, and how you can organize your workplace.Jaz might be coming to a town near you soon - here's the link to their book tour sites: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jaz-Brisack/225399070 And a link to buy the book:https://flyleafbooks.com/book/9781668080795

    152. Why Billionaires Love AI -- Brian Merchant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 65:51


    Brian Merchant, author of the newsletter Blood in the Machine, returns to the show to talk about the newsletter, ai, tech oligarchs, the neoliberal "abundance" agenda, jobs, and pretty much everything else you want to know about the terrible, horrible, no good collusion between Trump, Tech billionaires, and ai. Fight the tech billionaires. Support Blood in the Machine!https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ You can also check out Brian's previous appearance on his book about the luddites - also called Blood in the Machine: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a05a3ed4-471c-4224-9ac6-4af204b7ff1d/ Oh, and you can find some of my work on ai here:https://aideas.captivate.fm/ https://www.aiedu.org/aiedu-blog/guest-author-ethics-culbertson-1

    151. Graeber's Debt Chapter 12, The Beginning of Something Yet to Be Determined

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 77:53


    In which I end my series on David Graeber's Debt, apologize for mistakes, and offer some hope for a new world in which we have more money and less monetarism.Thank you to all of the listeners to this series, and my wonderful lineup of guests: Dirk Ehnts, Eleanor Janega, Cory Doctorow, Bill Maurer, Henry Farrell, James K. Galbraith, Fuad Musallam, Clif Mark, Luke Kemp, John Weisweiler, Chris Isett, and Yanis Varoufakis.The whole series can be found here: https://www.everydayanarchism.com/david-graebers-debt/

    150. Secret Mall Apartment -- Jeremy Workman and Michael Townsend

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 41:48


    When capitalists developed their neighborhood with a giant mall, eight artists developed an abandoned space in the mall into an apartment. It was art without permission, and now there's a documentary about what it was like to make a secret mall apartment as a form of art. Jeremy Workman, the director of Secret Mall Apartment, and Michael Townsend, the originator of the idea, join me to discuss the film and what it means to make art without permission.I highly recommend that you check out Michael's public art, which you can learn about here: https://www.tapeart.com/

    149. Anarchy in the Big Easy -- Max Cafard and Vulpes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 39:55


    Max Cafard (which is a pen name) and Vulpes (which is also a pen name) join me to discuss their fantastic new graphic novel Anarchy in the Big Easy, which is just what it sounds like. Max and Vulpes and I discuss the cosmic anarchy, political anarchism, and everyday anarchy that's flowed through what is now called New Orleans for centuries and millennia. Plus we get frequently confused by the pen names. And yes, as happens occasionally, Max has a squeaky chair.You can order the book from PM press here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1766

    148. Debt Discussion 12, In the Middle of Something New with Yanis Varoufakis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 41:56


    Yanis Varoufakis joins me to discuss his new book, Technofeudalism, how the world economy has changed since Graeber wrote Debt, and where things might be going next.Live long and prosper.

    147. Luigi Mangione and Anarchist Terrorism -- Constance Bantman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 58:31


    Constance Bantman joins me to discuss the history of anarchist political violence through the prism of Luigi Mangione - and vice versa. Some of the questions we cover include:Can the history of nineteenth-century anarchist terrorism help us understand the recent assassination of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Mangione, and its rapturous reception in some quarters of public opinion? What is the place of political violence in democracies? And what of Mangione's forthcoming trial?For more historical context, I highly recommend the recent podcast episode of In Our Time about the Haymarket Affair, which features Ruth Kinna: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023gm2

    146. James C. Scott's Two Cheers for Anarchism -- Luke Kemp

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 63:54


    Luke Kemp returns to the show to discuss Two Cheers for Anarchism, James C. Scott's six essays or "fragments" applying an anarchist squint to the world. Luke and I discuss the joy of Scott's book, it's controversial place in anarchist theory, and why it's a good place for the anarcho-curious to start their journey into anarchism.Along the way I also highly recommend Agnes Varda's amazing film, Daguerréotypes https://www.criterionchannel.com/daguerreotypes Luke should appear on the podcast later this year to discuss his new book about societal collapse, Goliath's Curse! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691357/goliaths-curse-by-luke-kemp/

    145. Debt Discussion 11, The Great Divergence with Christopher Isett

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 58:55


    Christopher Isett joins me to discuss the rise of capitalism and "The Great Divergence," in which Christendom transformed itself from an obscure corner of the world into the dominant global power. Just how did that happen, what part did capitalism play in it, and why did capitalism develop in Europe? And what does China have to do with all of it?Chris gives his answers to all of these questions, especially drawing on the work of Robert Brenner. Here's Brenner's page on the Verso website, if you want the full story: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/authors/brenner-robert

    144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 54:16


    Today Mitch Abidor joins me to discuss Victor Serge: acclaimed novelist, anarchist, Bolshevik, anticommunist, and all-around 20th century contradiction. Mitch and I discuss the legend of Serge, what's true about it, and the ways that Serge fails to live up to the legend.You can find Mitch's writing all over the place, but here's a good place to start: https://jewishcurrents.org/author/mitchell-abidor And here's the NYRB page for Serge's work: https://www.nyrb.com/collections/victor-serge

    143. Graeber's Debt Chapter 11: Age of Great Capitalist Empires

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 38:15


    What is capitalism?It's not efficient markets, factories, and free labor.It's the financialization of empire and slavery, using greed, shame, indignation, and debt.

    142. Green Earth -- Kim Stanley Robinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 60:55


    Kim Stanley Robinson returns to discuss his novel Green Earth, a technothriller about a near future world in which scientists work to solve the global climate crisis. Stan and I discuss how the book went from a trilogy to a single volume, its similarity to The Ministry for the Future, and its place in the genre of naturalism. Plus Emerson and Thoreau!And yes, I get the title of The Ministry for the Future wrong every time I say it in this episode. Oops.

    141. A New Model for Food and Politics -- Mark Bittman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 51:46


    Mark Bittman returns to Everyday Anarchism to discuss Community Kitchen, his new model for how we can do restaurant food better by running nonprofit restaurants rooted in their communities.But we also talk about RFK's crusade against seed oils, what's wrong with Pod Save America, why food is so cheap in the US, the recent US presidential election, and whatever else happened to come up.Find more from Mark at https://bittmanproject.com/

    140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 73:10


    Shawn Vulliez from SRSLY Wrong joins me to discuss the new collection of David Graeber essays, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World. Shawn and I talk about the tyranny of economics and how Graeber gave us permission to reveal that the emperor of economics has no clothes.Warning: Contains discussion of the recent election. Stay away if you just can't handle it anymore. I understand.

    139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 54:25


    A spectre is haunting the Everyday Anarchism series on the English revolution: the spectre of Christopher Hill's 1972 book The World Turned Upside Down. It turns out most of the ideas I've shared in this series came from Hill's book!Ann Hughes joins me to discuss the book, and we talk through the following questions:Did Hill invent the idea of the English revolution?How did the radicalism of the 1960s affect Hill's approach?Was Winstanley an anarchist?Was the English Revolution the beginning of modernity?Thanks so much to Ann and all the other guests in this year-long series, now (probably) concluded!

    138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 62:44


    Eleanor Janega, the very first guest on the Graeber's Debt series, comes back on the show to discuss what the middle ages were, how they were a global phenomenon, and why they weren't as bad as you've heard

    137. Mao and Anarchism -- Karl Gerth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 60:01


    I'm joined by Karl Gerth, professor of modern Chinese history at the University of California, San Diego, to discuss the Chinese Communist Revolution and how Maoism attempted to avoid the mistakes of the USSR and yet largely repeated them.

    136. Graeber's Debt Chapter 10: The Middle Ages

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 49:30


    In Graeber's middle ages, empires fell apart while temples and monasteries kept everything together with metaphysical debt. Oh, and Europe isn't very important.Eleanor Janega returns later this month to discuss the chapter in the next Debt discussion!

    135. Graeber's Debt Chapter 9: The Axial Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 35:24


    Following on my discussion with John Weisweiler, more detail on Graeber's account of the Axial Age

    134. Debt Discussion 9, the Axial Age with John Weisweiler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 54:12


    In this episode in my series on Graeber's Debt, I'm joined by John Weisweiler to discuss Chapter 9, "The Axial Age." John and I discuss Graeber's insights into the relationship between money, debt, and community, and the way that Graeber often got the ideas right even before the archaelogical record had gotten there.

    133. 3rd Anniversary Episode! -- Ruth Kinna

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 57:14


    Ruth Kinna comes back on the show to celebrate 3 years of Everyday Anarchism. We talk about the relationship between anarchism and protest, and where everyday anarchism fits with capital-A Anarchism. Plus Occupy!

    132. Debt Discussion 8, Cycles of History with Luke Kemp

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 53:47


    Luke Kemp joins me to discuss Chapter 8 of Debt, asking the question: Is Graeber right when he says that history follows clear cycles?Sort of!

    131. The Case Against Competition -- Alfie Kohn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 37:55


    I'm joined by Alfie Kohn to discuss No Contest: The Case Against Competition, his 1986 book about how competition hurts rather than helps people do their best. We cover the problem with grades, the reason why excellence and competition are opposed, and whats wrong with rewards and what makes awards even worse.For more from Alfie, check out his website:https://www.alfiekohn.org/

    130. Graeber's Debt Chapter 8: Credit vs. Bullion, and the Cycles of History

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 33:58


    The Debt series returns, hopefully to finish by early 2025.This my reading of Chapter 8 (and a little of Chapter 7), soon to be followed by a discussion with Luke Kemp.

    129. The Everyday Anarchy of Colin Ward -- Roman Krznaric

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 56:16


    This episode publishes on the hundredth anniversary of Colin Ward! Colin was one of the popularizers of many of the ideas featured in this podcast, and I've stayed away from covering him for fear of copying him. But my guest today, Roman Krznaric, convinced me to do an episode on Colin's thought, and we had a thrilling conversation about anarchy, city planning, protest, and Kim Stanley Robinson.I highly recommend Colin's book Anarchy in Action from PM Press: https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=814Here's Roman's website for more from him: https://www.romankrznaric.com/

    "Games are Perfect Anarchist Practices" -- Miguel Sicart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 64:04


    Here's a crossover episode from my other podcast, Plumbing Game Studies.Things have been crazy lately, and I have emails from back in April I haven't responded to. My apologies if you've emailed me and not heard back. I hope to get caught up soon, or at least in 2024!

    Hobbes' Leviathan -- Alison McQueen (English Revolution)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 61:20


    Who create the modern theory of political sovereignty?Thomas Hobbes.What was Hobbes afraid of?Anarchy.What made Hobbes so afraid of anarchy?The English Revolution.Today's guest is Alison McQueen, who can be found at https://www.alisonmcqueen.info/

    127. Debt Discussion 7, Honor and Dignity with Clif Mark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 48:37


    Clif Mark, host of the Good in Theory podcast, joins me to discuss honor and degradation in Graeber's Debt. Also I make Clif talk about representation in Star Wars, for some reason.

    Milton's Radicalism -- Nick McDowell and Nigel Smith (English Revolution)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 76:39


    One of the most famous author's in the English language, John Milton, was a 17th century English radical who not only supported but also worked for the English revolutionary government. I'm joined by Nigel Smith, a returning guest, and Nick McDowell, author of Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton, to discuss Milton's radicalism and its relationship to the English Revolution.

    125. Graeber's Debt Chapter 7, Honor and Degradation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 45:52


    A little belatedly, here's my episode about Graeber's Debt, Chapter 7. A discussion on honor and dignity will be coming later this month with Clif Mark of the Good in Theory podcast!

    124. The Early Quakers -- Kate Peters (English Revolution)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 86:57


    Kate Peters, author of Print Culture and the Early Quakers, joins me to discuss the Quakers, the last of the radical groups we're covering the English Revolution series. You can hear about how the Quakers can be seen as the end of political radicalism in the revolution, or alternately as a different form of radical organizing, as evidenced by William Penn's political declarations in the 1701 charter for Pennsylvania:https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1701-pennsylvania-charter-of-liberties

    123. Debt Discussion 6: Graeber as Grand Theorist with Fuad Musallam

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 68:37


    In this debt discussion, Fuad and I discuss Chapter 6 of Debt, "Games with Sex and Death," and especially the way that Graeber is writing in the grand theory tradition of anthropology. Fuad also taught with David at the London School of Economics, and is able to explain how Graeber approached these same concepts in anthropology as a teacher and colleague.You can find Fuad's anthropological work on activism here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/dasa/musallam-fuad

    122. The Fifth Monarchists -- Bernard Capp (English Revolution)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 70:24


    In the next episode of Radicalism in the English Revolution, I'm joined by Bernard Capp to discuss The Fifth Monarchists - a radical protestant sect that was trying to bring about the end of the world, and wanted Cromwell to help them!

    121. Graeber's Debt Chapter 6, Games with Sex and Death

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 43:13


    Graeber explains human economies, economies in which money can only be used to shore up social relations, and can't be used to buy things - to the utter confusion of anthropologists trying to buy things

    120. Richard Rorty's Anti-Authoritarianism -- John McGowan and Meili Steele

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 61:56


    My former professors John McGowan and Meili Steele join me to discuss Richard Rorty's final book, Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism.

    119. Debt Discussion 5: The Sterility of Economics with James K. Galbraith

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 52:35


    James K. Galbraith joins me to discuss the flaws in the field of economics and its pseudoscientific justifications

    118. The Films of Preston Sturges -- Stuart Klawans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 51:17


    Stuart Klawans joins me to discuss his recent book Crooked but Never Common about the films of Preston Sturges, the first writer-director of the Hollywood sound era. Informed by the work of Stanley Cavell, Stuart's book reads these comedies as asking important questions about democracy, business, the New Deal, marriage, and other pressing questions. Plus they're a joy to watch!

    117. Graeber's Debt Chapter 5, The Moral Ground of Economic Relations

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 55:51


    The chapter of Debt which inspired this podcast - get ready to hear the origin of everyday anarchism!

    116. Seeing Like a Game -- C. Thi Nguyen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 72:08


    Philosopher of games C. Thi Nguyen joins me to discuss his current work on the intersection of anarchism and games studies. The conversation was so much fun that I started a whole new podcast, Plumbing Game Studies, to continue exploring this topic.For more from Thi, here's his website: https://objectionable.net/ Here's the website for the new podcast, Plumbing Game StudiesSpotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/4axfbEJzRpVg6NXIaycm8d?si=272f3a6401024df6 Apple Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/plumbing-game-studies/id1734827141

    115. Debt Discussion 4: Henry Farrell on His Internet Argument with Graeber

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 49:40


    In this episode I'm joined by Henry Farrell, who got into an internet spat with David Graeber over Debt. Henry recently wrote a reflection on the kerfuffle at the blog Crooked Timber, and also co-wrote a book, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy, that came about in part as a response to Graeber's Debt.

    114. Revolution and Anarchism in The Mars Trilogy -- Kim Stanley Robinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 55:36


    Kim Stanley Robinson to talk about his Mars trilogy, the theory of revolution that animates it, and where anarchism and anarchists fit in. This conversation is a direct sequel to our conversations on the Three Californias triptych, which you can listen to here:https://www.everydayanarchism.com/093-the-wild-shore-three-californias-kim-stanley-robinson/https://www.everydayanarchism.com/096-the-gold-coast-three-californias-kim-stanley-robinson/https://www.everydayanarchism.com/100-the-pacific-edge-three-californias-kim-stanley-robinson/

    Rerun: Anarchism is...Mardi Gras with Meredith King

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 57:26


    Happy Mardi Gras! The show should be back publishing new episodes in March. In the meantime, here's a rerun, and a link to a couple of interview I did late last year:https://pod.link/1705765872/episode/716e36494d7eff56dc142642d55c7c3bhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jelle-laverge/episodes/The-Core-Curriculum---Episode-1---Interview-with-Graham-Culbertson-e2aeujb

    113. The Ranters -- Nigel Smith (English Revolution)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 83:17


    Radicalism in the English Revolution gets to the Ranters, the radical group of protestants who may or may not have practiced free love - but definitely sparked a moral panic!In this extra-long discussion, Nigel Smith and I discuss the roots of Ranterism, its connections to the Diggers, its legacy for romanticism, and its connection to later American radical movements. Plus we talk about punk rock, especially in connection to Nigel's book: A Collection of Ranter Writings: Spiritual Liberty and Sexual Freedom in the English Revolution

    Rerun: Anarchism is...Santa Claus! -- Ruth Kinna

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 41:43


    For my very first repeat episode, I'm reposting a conversation with Ruth Kinna about Santa Claus, Kropotkin, and the prefigurative practice of Christmas.You can read Ruth's article on the topic here: An Anarchist Guide to Christmas

    112. The Puritan Christmas Wars -- Diane Purkiss (English Revolution)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 47:05


    Diane Purkiss joins me to discuss the Christmas Wars, in which Puritans attempted to prevent the celebration of Christmas in the 17th century. Christmas was a carnival in which the world was turned upside down - and the Puritans weren't having it. We also discuss the Lord of Misrule, Twelfth Night, and that 21st century lord of misrule: Lord Buckethead!

    111. Graeber's Debt: Chapter 4, Cruelty and Redemption

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 39:13


    Debt Chapter 4, in which Jesus and Nietzsche show up!

    110. Luddism: 19th Century Direct Action against TechnoCapitalism -- Brian Merchant

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 53:04


    I'm joined by Brian Merchant to discuss his new book, Blood in the Machine. Brian argues persuasively that the Luddites weren't anti-technology but were actually for a different social order and a different use of technology. More importantly, in Brian's book the factory owners look a lot like today's tech titans and the workers look a lot like, well, today's workers. So come back with us to the early 19th century to find out how it all went wrong!

    109. Anarchism is...Homeschooling -- Andrewism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 56:47


    In a break from the two ongoing series, in this week's episode I'm joined by the anarchist YouTuber Andrewism. Andrew and I discuss homeschooling, our shared experiences as homeschooled kids, the way homeschooling prepared us to be learners, and the liberatory potential of the homeschooling ethos.Andrewism is one of the best ways to introduce yourself to the ideas of anarchism - check out his videos on solarpunk and, for Graeber fans, the myth of barter

    108. Radicalism in the English Revolution 4: Oliver Cromwell - - John Morrill

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 58:02


    John Morrill, whose work I first encountered in Mike Duncan's podcast about the English Revolution, joins me to discuss the career of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell was attacked in his time for being both too radical and not radical enough, and the picture has only gotten more complicated from there. John and I discuss his career, his convictions, his relationship to radicals like the Levellers and the Diggers, and how we should remember him today.To see John discuss these issues in the glorious blurriness of 80s television, I highly recommend this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/l9BluTq8M54?si=DrO1hqWEtD4SkbGZ

    107. Debt Discussion 3: Anthropology and Everyday Anarchism with Bill Maurer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 55:11


    For the third episode of Debt Discussions, the anthropologist Bill Maurer joins me to talk about Chapter 3 of Debt, Primordial Debts. Bill and I talk about the myth of primordial debt, where it fits in the anarchism vs. social democracy debate, and if the anthropological parables in the book fit Graeber's claims. We also talk about the strengths and flaws of Graeber's approach, especially the way that his work embraces grand narratives while critiquing the grand narrative tradition.Bill wrote the conclusion for the new book As If Already Free: Anthropology and Activism After David Graeber

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