[Old News] David Graeber, author of 'Brusit Job-Theory of Fucking Don't Care', died


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September 2, 2020, ' - Burushitto job fucking if the theory of good work even is the author of' London School of Economics is an anthropology professor at the David gray bar with Mr. died in Venice of hospital , My wife Nika Dubrovsky reported. I was 59 years old.



David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59 | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/03/david-graeber-anthropologist-and-author-of-bullshit-jobs-dies-aged-59



Mr. Graber was born in New York in 1961 to his father, who fought as a member of

the International Brigades of the Foreign Legion during the Spanish Civil War, and his mother, who was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Alliance. Graber, who has been in the spotlight for translating Maya elephants since he was a teenager, spent two years in fieldwork in anthropology in Madagascar after studying anthropology at Purchase College and the University of Chicago. The we.

From 1998, he studied value and social theory as an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale University, and was eventually promoted to an associate professor, but in 2005 the Yale University Faculty of Anthropology decided not to renew Mr. Graber's contract. Mr. Graber is also known as an anarchist activist, and he carried out a large-scale protest, thinking that 'the contract suspension before the planned term of office was due to political motivation.' With more than 4,500 colleagues and students signing a petition in support of Mr. Graber, Yale University will offer him a year of paid leave.

Mr. Graber is also famous as the theoretical leader of 'Occupy Wall Street, ' a large-scale protest against the American business and political circles. The slogan 'We are the 99%', which describes the situation where the wealth owned by the top 1% of wealthy people in the United States continues to increase, Mr. Graber called the participants of the activity '99%'. He proposed to call it '%', and other people were born by attaching 'we' to it.


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Graber's 2011 'Debt Theory Monetary and Violence 5000 Years' explored the violence behind all monetary social relationships and alerted capitalism, including Thomas Piketty. Attracted attention from many people.

Debt Theory 5000 Years of Money and Violence | David Graeber, Takashi Sakai, Iwasaburo Takaso, Natsuko Sasaki | Books | Mail Order | Amazon



He also published notable books such as 'Democracy Project: Occupy Movement, Direct Democracy, Collective Imagination ' in 2013, and ' Bureaucratic Utopia Technology, Structural Stupidity, and the Iron Rules of Liberalism ' in 2015. I wrote in quick succession.

Among them, 'Bullshit Jobs-Theory of shit-don't care' published in 2018 pointed out that 'most of the white-collar jobs are meaningless, and people's jobs will continue to increase due to technological advances.' This has attracted a great deal of attention in Japan as well.

Brusit Job-Theory of shit-don't care | David Graeber, Takashi Sakai, Tatsuhiko Haga, Kazuki Morita | Books | Mail Order | Amazon



In an interview with The Guardian in 2015, Graber said, 'Especially in Europe and North America, a huge number of people spend their lives doing work that they find unnecessary. The moral and spirit that arises from this situation. The damage is serious. '

Graber's last book, The Dawn of Everything: a New History of Humanity , is co-authored with David Wengrove and will be published in 2021.

Historian Rutger Bregman commented on Graber, 'one of the greatest thinkers of our time and a phenomenal writer.' The Guardian columnist Owen Jones was obituated: 'He is a giant of knowledge, full of humanity, and his work has inspired, encouraged, and educated so many people. If you haven't read his work, think about it now and take over his legacy. Sleep with power , David Graeber. '



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