In this short essay, David discusses how a very questionable idea, about the nature of human consciousness, shapes the academic world into a machine for producing "great minds" and, in the end, justifies social structures of inequality.
15-07-2021 a reading group #MuseumofCare: ‘Beyond the Monastic Self’
Publication of the essay: BEYOND THE MONASTIC SELF: JOINT MIND AND THE PARTIAL ILLUSION OF INDIVIDUATION
A previously unpublished essay by David Graeber:
In this short essay, David discusses how a very questionable idea, about the nature of human consciousness, shapes the academic world into a machine for producing "great minds" and, in the end, justifies social structures of inequality.
Facilitator(s) for this session: Sevda & Steven.
David Graeber ‘Beyond the Monastic Self’
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