• sudneo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    human nature

    Every time I read someone expressing this view, I feel like encouraging to read something from Graeber, for example “Debt”. Not for the discussion on debt itself, but mostly for the different ways societies were organized over millennia.

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      1 year ago

      Ok.

      I encourage you to read Animal Farm, it’s probably a lot less boring than this Graeber guy.

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        1 year ago

        Orwell wrote a critique of modern society, soviet Stalinist society in particular, in animal farm. It’s not an anthropology book, it’s political satire that came from a socialist (!). I am not sure your induction that it applies to all humans under every circumstance was therefore intended by the author (lord of the flies might be a much better example in this case).

        Graeber is actually far for boring, and as an anthropologist his writing tend to be a bit more general.

        Either way, of course I’ve read Animal Farm.

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        1 year ago

        Assuming someone hasn’t read already Animal Farm is like assuming they haven’t ever read a book.