The Democracy Project
Book by David Graeber
Graeber on the Occupy movement
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement is anthropologist David Graeber 's 2013 book-length, inside account of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Graeber evaluates the beginning of the movement, the source of its efficacy, and the reason for its eventual demise. Interspersed is a history of democracy, both direct and indirect, throughout many different times and places. In contrast to many other evaluations of OWS Graeber takes a distinctly positive tone, advocating both for the value of OWS and its methods of Direct democracy . The book was published by Spiegel & Grau .
Another book on Graeber's experiences with Occupy was published in German as Inside Occupy .
References
↑ "The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review" . the Guardian . March 28, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2021 .
↑ Richter, Konstantin (May 14, 2012). "David Graeber: Der böse Geist des Geldes" . Die Welt (in German). ISSN 0173-8437 . Archived from the original on December 1, 2016.
↑ Krause, Ruth (June 25, 2012). "Occupy author examines archeology of debt" . Deutsche Welle . Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
↑ Schmude, Magdalena (August 26, 2012). "Distanzierung nach Kunstaktion: Occupy bereut Buchverbrennung" . Die Tageszeitung (in German). ISSN 0931-9085 . Archived from the original on October 5, 2017.
Further reading
Bottum, Joseph (September–October 2013). "Occupying Anarchism" . Books and Culture . Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2015 .
Brass, Tom (February 2014). "A stroll in Zuccotti Park?". Capital & Class . 38 (1): 253– 257. doi :10.1177/0309816813514827 . ISSN 0309-8168 . S2CID 154382842 .
Burrell, Kate (October 2014). "Rev. of The Democracy Project by David Graeber". Sociology . 48 (5): 1066– 1067. doi :10.1177/0038038514543129 . S2CID 145151339 .
Chen, Adrian (April 11, 2013). "A Discussion With Anarchist Activist and Scholar David Graeber, Author of The Democracy Project " . Gawker . Archived from the original on November 24, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017 .
Cossarini, Paolo (March 2015). "The Struggle for Democracy: Occupations, Horizontality and Political Narratives after the Events of 2011". European Political Science . 14 (1): 41– 45. doi :10.1057/eps.2014.46 . S2CID 144151945 .
Ehrenreich, Ben (April 19, 2013). "David Graeber looks at the Occupy movement, from the inside" . Los Angeles Times . ISSN 0458-3035 . Archived from the original on April 2, 2016.
Goldberg, Danny (May 31, 2013). "The Anarchy Project" . The Nation . ISSN 0027-8378 . Archived from the original on October 5, 2017.
Inglis, Fred (June 6, 2013). "Anarchy in the UK and the US (Rev. of The Democracy Project by David Graeber)" . Times Higher Education (2104): 48. ISSN 0049-3929 . Archived from the original on October 5, 2017.
Kalb, Don (2014). "Mavericks: Harvey, Graeber, and the reunification of anarchism and Marxism in world anthropology" . Focaal . 2014 (69): 113– 134. doi :10.3167/fcl.2014.690108 .
"Nonfiction Book Review: The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement by David Graeber. Random/Spiegel & Grau, $26 (318p) ISBN 978-0-8129-9356-1" . Publishers Weekly . April 8, 2013. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017 .
O'Malley, J. P. (March 18, 2013). "This is What Democracy Looks Like: David Graeber" . Publishers Weekly . 260 (11): 51– 52. ISSN 0000-0019 . Archived from the original on July 1, 2013.
Penny, Laurie (May 31, 2013). "After the occupation (Rev. of The Democracy Project by David Graeber)". New Statesman . 142 (5160): 43– 44. ISSN 1364-7431 .
Penny, Laurie (November 23, 2013). "The Reading List (Rev. of The Democracy Project by David Graeber)". New Statesman . 142 (5186): 13. ISSN 1364-7431 .
Raekstad, Paul (July 2015). "Occupation, Practice, and Revolution". Science & Society . 79 (3): 464– 474. doi :10.1521/siso.2015.79.3.464 .
"Rev. of The Democracy Project by David Graeber" . Kirkus Reviews . 81 (6): 246. March 15, 2013. ISSN 1948-7428 . Archived from the original on October 5, 2017.
Sanneh, Kelefa (May 13, 2013). "Paint Bombs" . The New Yorker . Vol. 89, no. 13. pp. 1– 76. ISSN 0028-792X . Archived from the original on June 18, 2016.
Saval, Nikil (2013). "Cheerleaders for Anarchism" . Dissent . Vol. 60, no. 3. pp. 121– 127. ISSN 0012-3846 . Archived from the original on October 10, 2017.
Ssorin-Chaikov, Nikolai (January 2015). "Sociopolitics". Reviews in Anthropology . 44 (1): 5– 27. doi :10.1080/00938157.2015.1001645 . S2CID 219713300 .
van de Sande, Mathijs (November 2014). " 'Why did it work this time?' David Graeber on Occupy Wall Street" . Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization . 14 (4): 1041– 1047. ISSN 1473-2866 . Archived from the original on October 5, 2017.