Anarchism and David Graeber

Bullshit jobs, Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value, Debt: The First 5000 Years: the titles of some of David Graeber's books give a sense of his take on the world and his concerns. Matthew Sweet talks with archaeologist David Wengrow - co-author with Graeber of The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity and looks at Graeber's involvement with the Occupy movement and the influence of anarchist ideas. They are joined by historian of ideas Dr Sophie Scott-Brown, and by Kirsten Stevens-Wood, a lecturer for the School of Education and Social Policy at Cardiff Metropolitan University who studies communal living and intentional communities.

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber has been published posthumously in 2023.

Producer: Luke Mulhall

You can find discussions exploring The Way We Live Now on the Free Thinking programme website - all available on BBC Sounds and as the Arts & Ideas podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p072637b There are conversations about existential risk, mind altered states, the glitch, breathe, perfecting the body to John Rawl's Theory of Justice