Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing the iconic and bestselling David
Graeber's most important essays and interviews. 'David Graeber has always been an
inspiration to me. Reading him fills me with both hope and joy... The tools he has shared to
help all of us deconstruct the current reality we inhabit are invaluable. The more people that
we can reach the more chance of a reimagined world is possible' - Clive Lewis MP '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. This new collection brings together the renowned
anthropologist author and activist's most visionary essays showing him imagining a new
understanding of the past - and a future based on humans' fundamental freedom. Drawn from more
than two decades of pathbreaking writing and ranging across the biggest issues of our time -
inequality technology the identity of 'the West ' democracy art power anger mutual aid
and protest - Graeber's essays challenge the old assumptions about political life. Despite
converging political economic and ecological crises our politics is still dominated by
either 'business as usual' or nostalgia for a mythical past. Instead Graeber shows himself to
be a trenchant critic of the order of things driven by a bold imagination and a passionate
hope that our world can be different. The incisive entertaining and urgent essays collected
in The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World make for essential reading. They are a profound
reminder of Graeber's enduring significance as an inspiring and necessary thinker.
