The Little Book of David

Coming soon!

The Little Book of David is a color-themed collection of Graeber’s most impactful ideas, designed to be short, sharp, and accessible. We’re finalizing the layout and selecting the final quotes — a hard task with so many to choose from! Each edition will feature 33 chapters, and we’re inviting international publishers to curate their own versions, keeping the length consistent across languages.

If you’re a publisher, please contact estate@davidgraeber.org

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  • Anarchism and Anthropology
  • Kings and Jesters
  • War and Peace
  • From Managerial Feudalism to the Revolt of the Caring Classes
  • Different Ideas of Human Nature
  • People in the Margins (Underdogs)
  • Police, Polis, and Politeness 
  • On Political Pleasures 
  • Revolution and Imagination 
  • On the Difference between Liberalism and Direct Democracy 
  • The Carnival and its Enemies 
  • Against General Strikes 
  • Violence and Stupidity 
  • Politics and Magic 
  • Bullshit and Batshit 
  • Work and Labor 
  • Fetishism and Social Creativity
  • Direct Action
  • Money and the Promises We Make 
  • Women, Life, Freedom 
  • The Origin of Property 
  • Decolonising the Enlightenment
  • Marxism and Revolt of the Caring Class 
  • Technology and Social Relationships
  • Culture Is Not Your Friend 
  • The Economy and Other Beliefs
  • Games and Plays 
  • Debt, Slavery and Freedom 
  • How to replace Production and Consumption with Freedom and Care
  • Bureaucracy as a Utopia of Rules
  • A Practical Utopian’s Guide to the Coming Collapse 
  • Everyday Communism 
  • On Value and Values