David Graeber

David Rolfe Graeber (; February 12, 1961 – September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist, anarchist activist and author. He was known for his books Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011), The Utopia of Rules (2015) and Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (2018). 

He was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics.

Graeber was born in New York City. He studied at the University of Chicago and at State University of New York at Purchase.

Graeber died on 2 September 2020 in a Venice hospital from a hemorrhage caused by pancreatitis at the age of 59.

A selection of books
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (2021)
Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia (2022)

References

Other websites


 David Graeber, profile - The Guardian
 In Conversation: World of Debt: David Graeber with Spencer Woodman, The Brooklyn Rail
 David Graeber Reddit Questionnaire (January 28, 2013)

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