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“One of the year’s most influential books. Graeber situates the emergence of credit within the rise of class society, the destruction of societies based on ‘webs of mutual commitment’ and the constantly implied threat of physical violence that lies behind all social relations based on money.” —Paul Mason, The Guardian
“The book is more readable and entertaining than I can indicate... It is a meditation on debt, tribute, gifts, religion and the false history of money. Graeber is a scholarly researcher, an activist and a public intellectual. His field is the whole history of social and economic transactions.” —Peter Carey, The Observer
"An alternate history of the rise of money and markets, a sprawling, erudite, provocative work."
—Drake Bennett, Bloomberg Businessweek
"[A]n engaging book. Part anthropological history and part provocative political argument, it's a useful corrective to what passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the economy."
—Jesse Singal, Boston Globe
"Fresh... fascinating... Graeber’s book is not just thought-provoking, but also exceedingly timely."
—Gillian Tett, Financial Times (London)
"Terrific... In the best anthropological tradition, he helps us reset our everyday ideas by exploring history and other civilizations, then boomeranging back to render our own world strange, and more open to change."
—Raj Patel, The Globe and Mail
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel meaningless to me."
—Charles Mudede, The Stranger
"The world of borrowing needs a little demystification, and David Graeber's Debt is a good start."
—The L Magazine
"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book."
—Booklist
"This timely and accessible book would appeal to any reader interested in the past and present culture surrounding debt, as well as broad-minded economists."
—Library Journal
Praise for David Graeber
“I consider him the best anthropological theorist of his generation from anywhere in the world.”
—Maurice Bloch, Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics
"A brilliant, deeply original political thinker."
—Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell
“If anthropology consists of making the apparently wild thought of others logically compelling in their own cultural settings and intellectually revealing of the human condition, then David Graeber is the consummate anthropologist. Not only does he accomplish this profound feat, he redoubles it by the critical task—now more urgent than ever—of making the possibilities of other people’s worlds the basis for understanding our own.”
—Marshall Sahlins, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago
“The book is more readable and entertaining than I can indicate... It is a meditation on debt, tribute, gifts, religion and the false history of money. Graeber is a scholarly researcher, an activist and a public intellectual. His field is the whole history of social and economic transactions.” —Peter Carey, The Observer
"An alternate history of the rise of money and markets, a sprawling, erudite, provocative work."
—Drake Bennett, Bloomberg Businessweek
"[A]n engaging book. Part anthropological history and part provocative political argument, it's a useful corrective to what passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the economy."
—Jesse Singal, Boston Globe
"Fresh... fascinating... Graeber’s book is not just thought-provoking, but also exceedingly timely."
—Gillian Tett, Financial Times (London)
"Terrific... In the best anthropological tradition, he helps us reset our everyday ideas by exploring history and other civilizations, then boomeranging back to render our own world strange, and more open to change."
—Raj Patel, The Globe and Mail
"Graeber's book has forced me to completely reevaluate my position on human economics, its history, and its branches of thought. A Marxism without Graeber's anthropology is beginning to feel meaningless to me."
—Charles Mudede, The Stranger
"The world of borrowing needs a little demystification, and David Graeber's Debt is a good start."
—The L Magazine
"Controversial and thought-provoking, an excellent book."
—Booklist
"This timely and accessible book would appeal to any reader interested in the past and present culture surrounding debt, as well as broad-minded economists."
—Library Journal
Praise for David Graeber
“I consider him the best anthropological theorist of his generation from anywhere in the world.”
—Maurice Bloch, Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics
"A brilliant, deeply original political thinker."
—Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell
“If anthropology consists of making the apparently wild thought of others logically compelling in their own cultural settings and intellectually revealing of the human condition, then David Graeber is the consummate anthropologist. Not only does he accomplish this profound feat, he redoubles it by the critical task—now more urgent than ever—of making the possibilities of other people’s worlds the basis for understanding our own.”
—Marshall Sahlins, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago
Kurzbeschreibung
Before there was money, there was debt
Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it.
Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods—that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors.
Graeber shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Italy to China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption”) derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. We are still fighting these battles today without knowing it.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a fascinating chronicle of this little known history—as well as how it has defined human history, and what it means for the credit crisis of the present day and the future of our economy.
Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it.
Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods—that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors.
Graeber shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Italy to China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption”) derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. We are still fighting these battles today without knowing it.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a fascinating chronicle of this little known history—as well as how it has defined human history, and what it means for the credit crisis of the present day and the future of our economy.
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Die Bedeutung von David Graebers umfassender historischer Analyse der Geschichte der Geld- und Kreditwirtschaft ist kaum zu überschätzen.
Wie Graeber beschreibt, bestimmen Schulden unser Leben - seien es private oder öffentliche Schulden. Das Konzept der Schulden ist dabei unhinterfragt. Wie er am Beispiel einer persönlichen Begegnung mit einer sicher gedanklich sehr beweglichen Aktivistin zeigt, sind wir fast alle der Meinung: Schulden müssen zurückgezahlt werden. Dass dies in unserer Kreditwirtschaft für fast alle Beteiligten ein fataler Gedanke ist, arbeitet er anhand zahlreicher historischer Beispiele heraus. Die Kreditwirtschaft und "Schulden müssen zurückgezahlt werden" führte geradewegs immer wieder in soziale und wirtschaftliche Umbrüche größten Ausmaßes.
Graeber fasst das Schulden-Zurückzahlen-Müssen als eine Form der moralischen Verpflichtung auf. So wie wir andere Verpflichtungen eingehen so gehen wir bei einer Verschuldung auch hier eine Verpflichtung ein. Laut Graeber lautet nun die Frage, wieso die (moralische) Verpflichtung Schulden zurück zu zahlen anscheinend schwerer wiegt als andere moralische Verpflichtungen. Wieso halten wir das (über)vollständige Rückzahlen (im Fall Argentinien war die schließlich bezahlten Schulden dreimal höher als der Schuldbetrag) als die wohlmöglich schlimmeren Folgen (im Fall Argentiniens etwa die Verarmung weiter Teile der Bevölkerung mit den entsprechenden Folgen für Wohlstand, Gesundheit, Kriminalität etc.)?
Diese Frage zu thematisieren und die Geschichte der Schulden zu analysieren ist angesichts der angeblichen "Staatsschuldenkrise" und des "Lebens über unsere Verhältnisse" eine drängende Frage - ein mutiges Buch und ein notwendiges Buch. Hoffentlich wird die deutsche Übersetzung (erscheint Mai 2012) ordentlich.
Wie Graeber beschreibt, bestimmen Schulden unser Leben - seien es private oder öffentliche Schulden. Das Konzept der Schulden ist dabei unhinterfragt. Wie er am Beispiel einer persönlichen Begegnung mit einer sicher gedanklich sehr beweglichen Aktivistin zeigt, sind wir fast alle der Meinung: Schulden müssen zurückgezahlt werden. Dass dies in unserer Kreditwirtschaft für fast alle Beteiligten ein fataler Gedanke ist, arbeitet er anhand zahlreicher historischer Beispiele heraus. Die Kreditwirtschaft und "Schulden müssen zurückgezahlt werden" führte geradewegs immer wieder in soziale und wirtschaftliche Umbrüche größten Ausmaßes.
Graeber fasst das Schulden-Zurückzahlen-Müssen als eine Form der moralischen Verpflichtung auf. So wie wir andere Verpflichtungen eingehen so gehen wir bei einer Verschuldung auch hier eine Verpflichtung ein. Laut Graeber lautet nun die Frage, wieso die (moralische) Verpflichtung Schulden zurück zu zahlen anscheinend schwerer wiegt als andere moralische Verpflichtungen. Wieso halten wir das (über)vollständige Rückzahlen (im Fall Argentinien war die schließlich bezahlten Schulden dreimal höher als der Schuldbetrag) als die wohlmöglich schlimmeren Folgen (im Fall Argentiniens etwa die Verarmung weiter Teile der Bevölkerung mit den entsprechenden Folgen für Wohlstand, Gesundheit, Kriminalität etc.)?
Diese Frage zu thematisieren und die Geschichte der Schulden zu analysieren ist angesichts der angeblichen "Staatsschuldenkrise" und des "Lebens über unsere Verhältnisse" eine drängende Frage - ein mutiges Buch und ein notwendiges Buch. Hoffentlich wird die deutsche Übersetzung (erscheint Mai 2012) ordentlich.
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David Graeber shows that capitalism is not god-given - although God and temples/priesthood play a role in its evolution.
Furthering Karl Polanyi's thoughts (the great transformation) he examines different economies and looks how their societies work. He debunks our image of humanity, which has been set up by Adam Smith & Co. Our economy states that only pursuing self-interest would make us happy. Psychology and anthropology tell a different story (so why do we accept economy as the supreme science of sociology and subordinate our life to it?).
A load of these little stories, covering the whole world and 5000 years, draw a very different picture. They show how human interactions, once broken out of their social context and becoming trade-able, lead to slavery, relations of extortion, debt, money and capitalism. - Amazing, how much violence there is in a singe coin.
An eye-opener, a deconstruction of capitalism using the best Marxist analysis (focus that the social process of production is one of reproduction - and look how is it done) - but refreshingly without Marxist dogmatism.
Furthering Karl Polanyi's thoughts (the great transformation) he examines different economies and looks how their societies work. He debunks our image of humanity, which has been set up by Adam Smith & Co. Our economy states that only pursuing self-interest would make us happy. Psychology and anthropology tell a different story (so why do we accept economy as the supreme science of sociology and subordinate our life to it?).
A load of these little stories, covering the whole world and 5000 years, draw a very different picture. They show how human interactions, once broken out of their social context and becoming trade-able, lead to slavery, relations of extortion, debt, money and capitalism. - Amazing, how much violence there is in a singe coin.
An eye-opener, a deconstruction of capitalism using the best Marxist analysis (focus that the social process of production is one of reproduction - and look how is it done) - but refreshingly without Marxist dogmatism.
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I like this book very much. I do so, because the author asks some very simple questions, for which I thought I knew the answers. And then David Graeber proves those answers wrong.
He does so in an easy-to-read style, giving his theses credibility by providing numerous footnotes (60 pages) and an extensive bibliography (38 pages).
A must-have for everybody who is looking for a deeper understanding of economy (questions: 'What is economy?'), the roots of the current crisis of US and Europe, and a deeper understanding of human nature and social systems.
To me, this book was at least as much a revelation as The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order or Death in the Ricefields.
He does so in an easy-to-read style, giving his theses credibility by providing numerous footnotes (60 pages) and an extensive bibliography (38 pages).
A must-have for everybody who is looking for a deeper understanding of economy (questions: 'What is economy?'), the roots of the current crisis of US and Europe, and a deeper understanding of human nature and social systems.
To me, this book was at least as much a revelation as The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order or Death in the Ricefields.
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