Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis. Anthropologists, terrified of being accused of romanticism, respond with silence...But what if they didn't? This pamphlet ponders what that response would be and explores the implications of linking anthropology to anarchism. Here, David Graeber invites readers to imagine this discipline that currently only exists in the realm of possibility: anarchist anthropology.

大卫•格雷伯（David Graeber），现为伦敦政治经济学院人类学教授。在这之前，他曾任教于伦敦大学金匠学院（Goldsmiths College）以及美国耶鲁大学人类学系。他还是一名无政府主义者，最为人知的是参与策划“占领华尔街”运动。格雷伯至今出版了多本关于人类学的专着，包括Towards an Anthropological Theory of Value(2001)、Lost People(2007)、 Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire(2007)，以及Debt: The First 5000 Years（2011)。人类学家Maurice Bloch曾这样形容他：“他的人类学理论写作十分杰出，我认为他是他那一代最杰出的人类学家。”

许煜，英国伦敦大学金匠学院哲学博士，曾为法国巴黎蓬皮杜中心博士后研究员，现于德国吕纳堡大学从事研究及教学，研究以技术及媒体哲学为主，亦从事中、英、法、德的学术翻译。