Book Club: “The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World…” by David Graeber

Wednesday March 25th
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Book discussion starts 7pm

This event is now fully booked.

For our March Book Club, we're reading "The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World..." a posthumously published collection of essays by David Graeber.

Publisher's description: "'The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently," wrote David Graeber, as well-known for his sharp, lively essays as he was for his iconic role in the Occupy movement and his paradigm-shifting tomes.

There are converging political, economic, and ecological crises, and yet our politics is dominated by either business as usual or nostalgia for a mythical past. Thinking against the grain, Graeber was one of the few who dared to imagine a new understanding of the past and a liberatory vision of the future — to imagine a social order based on humans’ fundamental freedom. In essays published over three decades and ranging across the biggest issues of our time — inequality, technology, the identity of 'the West,' democracy, art, power, anger, mutual aid, and protest — he challenges the old assumptions about political life. A trenchant critic of the order of things, and driven by a bold imagination and a passionate commitment to human freedom, he offers hope that our world can be different.

During a moment of daunting upheaval and pervasive despair, the incisive, entertaining, and urgent essays collected in "The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World . . .",  edited and with an introduction by Nika Dubrovsky and with a foreword by Rebecca Solnit, make for essential and inspiring reading. They are a profound reminder of Graeber’s enduring significance as an iconic, playful, necessary thinker."

There's a selection of links to reviews on the David Graeber Institute's website here.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm. Book discussion starts at 7pm. Food provided. Pay bar or BYOB.

Free for Regular Visitor and Supporter Members (please still register in advance so we can plan food numbers); £5 Standard (includes Community Members). 

Please note that most of our events take place in our basement space and we do not have a lift so our venue is not fully accessible. Please get in touch if you have accessibility issues via events@kairos.london.

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