Episode 105
105. Graeber's Debt: Chapter 3, Primordial Debts
Everyday Anarchism · Graham Culbertson
November 1, 202329m 55sExplicit
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Show Notes
Continuing my series on Graeber's Debt, this episode looks at chapter 3, which introduces the other big myth which Graeber says underpins our modern imaginary. Primordial Debt, I argue, is the left-wing counterpart to the myth of barter, and Graeber critiques it less harshly but just as fully.
Join me later this month for a conversation with the anthropologist Bill Maurer about this chapter, the myth of primordial debt, and the anthropological nature of Graeber's claims.