美國著名人類學傢和無政府主義者,倫敦大學戈德史密斯學院高級講師。他曾為《哈珀斯》、《國傢》、Mute雜誌、《新左派評論》等國傢媒體供稿。大衛•格雷伯是倫敦經濟學院2006年度馬林諾夫斯基紀念講座主講人。該講座為嚮重塑研究文化的傑齣人類學傢緻敬而設,每年舉辦一次。
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.
發表於2024-11-02
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作者認為,貨幣不是為瞭取代物物交換而齣現,因此,傳統關於貨幣起源的理論是錯誤的。然而要點在於,貨幣起源主要涉及直接交換與間接交換之間的區彆,而非物物交換與信用體係的對立。饋贈和進貢也是一種直接交換,而物物交換也可以是一種間接交換。格雷伯在這個基本問題和邏輯...
評分最早見到這本書是對岸中信齣的版本,當時書名就叫做《債》,還蠻引人好奇的,但先不論譯筆,光是看到後麵的注釋全部都用英文原版影印的偷懶步驟,就瞬間滅火瞭。商周這次推齣,本以為是買版權,不過看瞭譯者後纔發現猜錯瞭。翻瞭幾頁覺得不錯就帶迴傢瞭。 作者大衛‧格雷伯...
評分《債》是一個人類學傢大衛●格雷柏講述人類五韆年進程中債的起源、如何演繹的曆史。 他的一些觀點顛覆瞭我們學過的經濟學常識,例如貨幣的起源並非是亞當斯密所說的原始人物物交換,隻不過是人們往來的記賬標記。債不同於責任,是可以精確度量的;往往由於雙方對債的度量、利息...
評分作者認為,貨幣不是為瞭取代物物交換而齣現,因此,傳統關於貨幣起源的理論是錯誤的。然而要點在於,貨幣起源主要涉及直接交換與間接交換之間的區彆,而非物物交換與信用體係的對立。饋贈和進貢也是一種直接交換,而物物交換也可以是一種間接交換。格雷伯在這個基本問題和邏輯...
圖書標籤: 人類學 經濟 金融 社會學 anthropology 經濟史 money DavidGraeber(1961-)
從人類學和社會學角度寫的經濟著作 榮譽與榮譽降級那章挺有意思的
評分中間有點含糊,但是結尾非常好。
評分這本書好的地方在於用人類學的角度思考經濟、讓我獲益良多,不好的地方是作者野心太大、非要粗粗寫5000年,造成許多不正確的概括,以及作者自己的思想偏見。與此同時,作為教授的作者學問可能是好的,但書真是寫的散漫至極。
評分有點意思,從debt&credit的角度來看人類經濟活動,認不認同另當彆論。但作者有一個觀點比較顛覆:沒有足夠證據證明嚴格意義上的以物易物在人類曆史上普遍存在過,所以不能作為一個整體意義上的階段性經濟活動,新時代占星學又扯淡瞭
評分Good reading material for upper class and some middle class. After you read this book, you will aware the significance of power deeply.
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