The Democracy Project von David Graeber
A History. A Crisis. A Movement

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 352 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Verlag: Penguin Books UK
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780718195045

Captures the joys and fears of a movement that believed it was on the cusp of achieving something special John Kampfner ObserverFrom their earliest meetings, activist David Graeber knew that the Occupy Wall Street movement was something different. From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a glimpse of a new way. This provocative look at the actions of the 99% asks: why was it so effective?From their earliest meetings, activist David Graeber knew that the Occupy Wall Street movement was something different. From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a glimpse of a new way. This provocative look at the actions of the 99% asks: why was it so effective? What went right? And what can we all do now to make our world democratic once again? Both a treatise on power and protest and an energetic account of contemporary events,The Democracy Projectwill change the way you think about politics, and the world.3GBDavid Graeberwas a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. He is the author of, among others,The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity,Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, andPirate Enlightenment, and was a contributor toHarper's Magazine,theGuardian, and theBaffler. An iconic thinker and renowned activist, his early efforts helped to make Occupy Wall Street an era-defining movement. He died on 2 September 2020.

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