An incredibly engaging, witty, and stimulating polemic on anarchism, the academy, and anthropology. What they all may (or may not) have in common, where they're at, what they mean, and where they might ought to be heading.
Book Review: Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
Steven Shaviro, professor in English at Wayne State University
David Graeber's Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology is filled with interesting and provocative ideas. Graeber wants to ally the discipline of anthropology with the anarchist currents that have shown up, most recently, in the anti-globalization movement. Each, he says, has a lot to offer the other.