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- Beyond Rational Markets: David Graeber’s Reimagining of Economic Anthropology
Beyond Rational Markets: David Graeber’s Reimagining of Economic Anthropology
Authors : Van Ha Luong Thi
Pages : 141-158
Doi:10.70854/sobbiad.1763970
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Publication Date : 2025-12-30
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :This paper explores David Graeber’s transformative contributions to economic anthropology theories and their implications for contemporary economic philosophy. Graeber\\\'s work represents a fundamental challenge to neoclassical economic frameworks through his comprehensive critique of conventional narratives about debt, value, and work. Drawing on his ethnographic research and theoretical insights, this analysis demonstrates how Graeber’s “anthropology of human possibilities” reframes economic activities as embedded within complex social relationships and cultural contexts, rather than isolated rational transactions. By examining Graeber’s key works, including “Debt: The First 5,000 Years”, “Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value”, and “Bullshit Jobs”, this paper argues that his scholarship offers crucial methodological and theoretical tools for reimagining economic systems that better reflect the diversity of human experience and social organization. The paper concludes that Graeber\\\'s theory of economic anthropology provides a foundation for developing more nuanced, socially embedded approaches to understanding economic behavior, challenging us to envision economic arrangements that better reflect human needs, values, and capacities.Keywords : David Graeber, Ekonomi, Ekonomik Antropoloji, Ekonomik Teoriler, İşgücü
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