Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-03-11
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 74
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James Stout recommended Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, and Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value by David Graeber. Also mentioned: As Black as Resistance by William C. Anderson and others.
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As Black as Resistance
Discussed“this is an argument that William C. Anderson and Zoe Samudi make in the book as Blackish resistance, which is that like Yeah. Like black people like [ __ ] are not part of this constituent of like part of the people TM, right?”
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Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber is a provocative and imaginative essay that outlines potential pathways for anthropological inquiry through an anarchist lens, challenging conventional political and economic assumptions.
Recommended“Read the Never Was the West. Read Towards an Anarchist Anthropology. Um, [ __ ] Jobs is a good start if you read.”
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Bullshit Jobs
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber is an incisive examination of modern employment, exploring how a vast proliferation of high-prestige yet entirely pointless administrative roles came to dominate corporate and bureaucratic culture.
Recommended“Um, [ __ ] Jobs is a good start if you read. If you if if you if if you if you want to be the real grave head and read something that [ __ ] no one has read, go read uh towards an anthropological theory of value.”
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Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value
Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value by David Graeber is an academic work that reconsiders the concepts of value, economy, and exchange from an anthropological perspective.
Recommended“If you if if you if if you want to be the real grave head and read something that [ __ ] no one has read, go read uh towards an anthropological theory of value. I read into one of my colleagues at supermarket the other day when we were talking about that.”
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