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Thoughts on David Graeber? : r/AskAnthropology

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Just curious as to what anthropologists think of David Graeber and his work, I know he is very popular in left wing spaces but his books on Debt and Bullshit Jobs seem to catch my interest. I think he's provocative in a good way, and approaches really big questions that most of cultural anthropology has moved away from in recent decades. But precisely because he's such a charismatic writer, people who should know better are often willing to take his assertions at face value when some of his assertions are wrong or simplified to the point of misrepresentation. I recommend reading him, but don't make him your only source on economic anthropology by any means and read critiques of his work by other anthropologists too. But precisely because he's such a charismatic writer, people who should know better are often willing to take his assertions at face value when some of his assertions are wrong or simplified to the point of misrepresentation. Well put, and so often the case. Even pretty rig

I think he's provocative in a good way, and approaches really big questions that most of cultural anthropology has moved away from in recent decades. But precisely because he's such a charismatic writer, people who should know better are often willing to take his assertions at face value when some of his assertions are wrong or simplified to the point of misrepresentation. I recommend reading him, but don't make him your only source on economic anthropology by any means and read critiques of his work by other anthropologists too. There is a good review of The Dawn of Everything here. I…

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