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NARRATED: How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague

Quillette / Claire Lehmann

17 Oct 2019 · 1 min read

Greg Ellis reads How David Graeber Cancelled a Colleague, Claire Lehmann’s article on how a prominent anthropologist and self-styled anarchist tried to ruin the reputation of a former collaborator. It was published in Quillette on 9th September 2019.

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