英文原版Debt债5000年债务史David Graeber格雷伯

图书标准信息

• 作者 David Graeber 著
• 出版社 Melville House
• 出版时间 2012-11
• ISBN 9781612191294
• 定价 161.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 544页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Nowinpaperback:DavidGraeber’s“fresh...fascinating...thought-provoking...andexceedinglytimely”(FinancialTimes)historyofdebt

HereanthropologistDavidGraeberpresentsastunningreversalofconventionalwisdom:heshowsthatbeforetherewasmoney,therewasdebt.Formorethan5,000years,sincethebeginningsofthefirstagrarianempires,humanshaveusedelaboratecreditsystemstobuyandsellgoods—thatis,longbeforetheinventionofcoinsorcash.Itisinthisera,Graeberargues,thatwealsofirstencounterasocietydividedintodebtorsandcreditors.

GraebershowsthatargumentsaboutdebtanddebtforgivenesshavebeenatthecenterofpoliticaldebatesfromItalytoChina,aswellassparkinginnumerableinsurrections.Healsobrilliantlydemonstratesthatthelanguageoftheancientworksoflawandreligion(wordslike“guilt,”“sin,”and“redemption”)deriveinlargepartfromancientdebatesaboutdebt,andshapeevenourmostbasicideasofrightandwrong.Wearestillfightingthesebattlestodaywithoutknowingit.

【作者简介】

DavidGraeberteachesanthropologyatGoldsmiths,UniversityofLondon.HehaswrittenforHarper’s,TheNation,Mute,andTheNewLeftReview.In2006,hedeliveredtheMalinowskiMemorialLectureattheLondonSchoolofEconomics,anannualtalkthathonors“outstandinganthropologistswhohavefundamentallyshapedthestudyofculture.”OneoftheoriginalorganizersofOccupyWallStreet,Graeberhasbeencalledan“anti-leaderofthemovement”byBloombergBusinessweek.TheAtlanticwrotethathe“hascometorepresenttheOccupyWallStreetmessage...expressingthegroup’stheory,anditsfoundingprinciples,inawaythattrulyelucidatedsomeofthethingspeoplehavequestionedaboutit.”