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The video combines short readings and informal dialogue on the works of David Graeber while specifically focusing on the reception and impact of Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. Andrea Staid also explains what motivated him to publish the work in Italy.

The discussion highlights the affinity between anthropology and anarchism, particularly in their shared values such as border-crossing, the rejection of hegemonies, and a self-critical nature. The video also includes readings of Graeber’s ideas on consensus processes. A reading from Dead Zones of the Imagination sparks conversation about how rules permeate nearly every aspect of life, including leisure.

The speakers also examine different political tendencies within anarchism, contrasting Graeber’s perspective with currents like anarcho-capitalism, which promote ideas fundamentally opposed to his.

Timestamps:

1:25: The dialogue begins after a short reading from the book

1:29: On the speaker getting introduced to David Graeber’s work through HK Press

3:39: On being struck by Direct Action: an ethnography

5:55: On reading Fragments of anarchist anthropology and the decision to publish it through his cooperative publishing house

7:07: The relevance of the book, the harmony between anthropology and anarchism

10:58: On publication of The Debt and rise of tremendous popular interest in Graeber’s work

12:05: On David Graeber’s role in Occupy movement and why he would have disliked being called a leader or a guide

13:28: On anarcho-capitalism and how it is opposite to David Graeber’s ideas

15:13: A short reading on Dead zones of imagination

17:33: Reading on Consensus process

19:02: Reading on Gift economies

 

 

 

https://rivista.edizionimalamente.it/archivio/Malamente-20_08-Staid-Graeber-Discutendo-di-antropologia-e-rivoluzione.pdf