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Direct Action: An Ethnography
by David Graeber
by David Graeber
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bookshelves: half-read-or-hibernating, activism, cultural-studies-and-anthropology, politics
Feb 01, 12
bookshelves: half-read-or-hibernating, activism, cultural-studies-and-anthropology, politics
I own a copy
Update: This was one of the main books we recommended at Skylight for folks coming looking for a way to think about and understand the Occupy movement. How awesome was it to be able to hand people something with a blow-by-blow account of consensus process in a direct action context? So awesome that I guess the publisher's out of stock and now we're waiting for a reprint.
[From 2008] It's actually finally out! For real! (year and a half late, I think?) Now I just need to find a copy.
[From 2008] It's actually finally out! For real! (year and a half late, I think?) Now I just need to find a copy.
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oh yes they always take a few days extra. Sorry.For what it's worth I was a bit frustrated with the endless wait too. My editor, who is generally great, had a baby. Then he got chicken pox from said baby. Then he had to have a spinal tap, etc. Then he was okay but insanely backlogged. But finally it did happen. I guess sometimes life happens (too much) too. Anyway hope you like it.
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Oh, no worries David! (I had no idea you were on goodreads!) Thanks for providing the link to AK - should have included it in my review.I'm on a "I should buy my books from indy bookshops" kick at the moment, so that's what I'm really waiting for - moving back to Chicago soon, so will probably be looking there. Do you know if the Seminary Coop will be carrying it?
I can't imagine they wouldn't, but I haven't been at the seminary in years and years. (I imagine my shares must be worth a fortune! On the other hand, has anyone in history ever traded theirs in?) The AK people seemed slightly irked by the prospect of people not buying from their web page but waiting for big mean corporate Amazon instead. I mean, they didn't admit it, they are always very pleasant and agreeable, but you could almost see the invisible steam rising from their heads. Not without reason I guess. (On the other hand, it is fun to watch your numbers fluctuate on Amazon: the lowest I've ever gone was 780 once for the value book - for about an hour - but that turned out to be because someone bought a thousand of them for some art project.)
