David Graeber
| David Graeber link Unwelcome Guests (Academic,activist, anarchist, COVID-19/Premature death?) | |
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| Born | David Rolfe Graeber February 12, 1961 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 2020 Venice, Italy |
Cause of death | "necrotic pancreatitis" |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Alma mater | Phillips Academy,State University of New York at Purchase, University of Chicago |
| Spouse | Nika Dubrovsky |
| Interests | anthropology, money, bureaucracy, debt |
Anarchist anthropologist who played a leading role in the Occupy movement. Died suddenly in 2020. | |
David Rolfe Graeber was an anarchist anthropologist and activist. He was a prominent academic (whose rehiring Yale turned down in 2007 - defying a petition of almost 5000 signatories). His last employer was Goldsmiths, University of London. He was often credited for coming up with the slogan “We Are the 99 Percent,”[1][2][3][4] but declined to accept full credit.[5]
Background
David Graeber was the son of self-taught working-class intellectuals. He won a Fulbright fellowship and completed a Ph.D. on magic, slavery, and politics in Madagascar.
Activities
David Graeber had a long history of activism including a role in protests against the World Economic Forum in New York City in 2002, membership in the IWW. He was one of the organizers of the Occupy Wall St. protests.[6]
Death
Graeber died suddenly from necrotic pancreatitis[7], that was initially not judged to be serious, on September 2, 2020, while on vacation with his wife and friends in Venice.[8]
His wife, Dubrovsky (married in 2019), attributed the pancreatitis to COVID-19, saying they both had strange symptoms for months beforehand, and she said there was a connection between COVID-19 and pancreatitis.[9]
Publications
He has published various non-fiction books, including a highly impressive theory of money and debt, entitled Debt, The First 5000 Years, which was read on Unwelcome Guests.[10]
Bullshit Jobs
- Full article: Bullshit Jobs
- Full article: Bullshit Jobs
Bullshit Jobs is a book that Graeber wrote which struck a chord with many readers, examining the phenomenon of jobs which are useless.
References
- ↑ https://apnews.com/article/business-los-angeles-government-and-politics-93371a7e1e9d54dbdc769f9d0c5a6471
- ↑ https://anarchistnews.org/content/david-graeber-1961-2020/
- ↑ http://kcleconomics.com/category/perspectives-on/the-rise-of-inequality/
- ↑ https://www.rt.com/uk/499820-david-graeber-anarchist-occupy-dead/
- ↑ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/david-graeber-dawn-of-everything.html
- ↑ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/David_Graeber
- ↑ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/26/david-graeber-the-anarchist-provocateur-447090
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200908174029/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/david-graeber-scholar-anarchist-and-intellectual-leader-of-occupy-wall-street-dies-at-59/2020/09/05/df66b16e-eeb9-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html
- ↑ https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-opinion-on-of-42824424
- ↑ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/Debt,_The_First_5000_Years