Hardcover, 534 páginas
Idioma English
Publicado el 21 de mayo de 2011 por Melville House.
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided into debtors and creditors. For 5,000 years debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates, laws and religions. The words “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption” come from ancient debates about debt. These terms and the ideas of debt shape our most basic ideas of right and wrong.
This book challenged my thinking on things I thought I knew in exciting ways, in spite of my sharing a similiar politics. I've always been hesitant to read Graeber, but I was pleasantly surprised with this one.
A very interesting essay about the economic debt from an anthropologist perspective.
But... you really have to be VERY interested in this topic, it will be a tough reading otherwise ;-)
