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Now in audio, the updated and expanded edition : David Graeber's “fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely” (Financial Times) history of debt Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: he shows that before there was money, there was debt. 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.
© 2015 Ascent Audio (Ljudbok): 9781469063041
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 oktober 2015
4.4
Ekonomi & Business
Now in audio, the updated and expanded edition : David Graeber's “fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely” (Financial Times) history of debt Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: he shows that before there was money, there was debt. 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.
© 2015 Ascent Audio (Ljudbok): 9781469063041
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 oktober 2015
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Jennie
7 sep. 2023
Önskar att det fanns en svensk översättning. Boken är mycket läsvärd nämligen och en svensk version skulle nå ut till många fler.
N
14 apr. 2022
A lot of interesting information.
Susanna
20 mars 2024
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Martin
1 jan. 2023
A very interesting history baked under a thick layer of political bias. Anyone using this book as a way to learn more about the world must see that it is primarily a political propaganda pamphlet.Graeber deep self hate for european civilization is tiring, nearsighted and sad.
Lillian
20 mars 2022
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