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2024-11-25
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如果你以為這是一本經濟學著作,那你就錯瞭。 如果我知道這是一個人類學傢寫的書,我可能連翻閱的興趣都沒有。 這本書最容易引起人閱讀興趣的地方就在第一章第三頁,作者對四個關鍵字——欠債還錢——的質疑。 欠債還錢,_ _ _ _。 空格上填什麼?99%的人會寫“天經地...
評分1. 一直很活躍的新左大將 LSE人類學傢David Graeber最齣名的書,原文很棒。內容涉及左右立場,作為Daivd大粉絲我自然給個滿分。 2. 評價翻譯是個沒意思的事,大傢也明白翻譯是個吃力不討好的活兒。明白譯文好壞的人,一般也不太會看譯文。本書應該董子雲同學本科時翻譯的,後生...
評分本書作者大衛·格雷伯是美國著名的無政府主義人類學傢,是“占領華爾街”運動的組織者。 作者通過梳理縱橫5000年的人類曆史, 闡述瞭一個看似簡單實者重要而復雜的名詞:債! 本書直接顛覆瞭主流經濟學理論的貨幣概念,劍指經濟學創立之鼻祖亞當·斯密。 在閱讀的過程中,雖然...
評分 評分圖書標籤: 人類學 經濟 金融 社會學 anthropology 經濟史 money DavidGraeber(1961-)
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profound
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.
評分中間有點含糊,但是結尾非常好。
評分erudite,profund,subversive and liberating.
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