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Quotes from Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology — David Graeber

1961–2020 United States

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“Policy” is the negation of politics; policy is by definition something concocted by some form of elite, which presumes it knows better than others how their affairs are to be conducted. By participating in policy debates the very best one can achieve is to limit the damage, since the very premise is inimical to the idea of people managing their own affairs.

Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (2004)

At the very least, one would imagine being an openly anarchist professor would mean challenging the way universities are run—and I don’t mean by demanding an anarchist studies department, either—and that, of course, is going to get one in far more trouble than anything one could ever write.

Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (2004)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Graeber (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.