Long before European governments or their colonies began to embrace "democracy," something far more democratic was widely practiced in the world's vast ungovernable spaces. Black Sam Bellamy's 1717 ...
18th-century map of Madagascar by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. (Getty) The late David Graeber was an anarchist, an activist, and an anthropologist—and a master storyteller. Throughout his career, he ...
A posthumous collection of essays by the anthropologist and activist David Graeber shows a bold thinker whose original arguments could strain credibility. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an ...