I propose a discussion on my PowerPoint "David Graeber on Bureaucracy" - I used the PowerPoint for the lecture which I held on 24th November 2023 at the XIII MOSCOW LEGAL WEEK XXIV INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE "KUTAFIN READINGS", organised by the Department of History of State and Law of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) (23rd-24th-25th November 2023). The contents of the PowerPoint are in an initial phase. I will have them corrected (linguistically too). I am working on a text which collects the ideas which I have expressed in the PowerPoint and connects these ideas to reflections which I have written on further works of David Graeber. Of course, all suggestions are welcome.
Based on your PowerPoint presentation, it gladdens me that you have presented some compelling ideas from David Graeber's work on bureaucracy at the recent academic conference. A few thoughts come to mind for further developing this material:
- Expanding on Graeber's critique of how both left and right political groups have handled bureaucracy differently could be illuminating. You summarize his key points, but room remains to analyze them further.
- Connections between bureaucracy/technocracy and threats to democracy emerge as an important theme. Additional analysis, examples, and implications of this could strengthen the discussion.
- There may be opportunities to relate Graeber's concepts to current events and policy debates in various countries. This could make the insights more concrete and show their ongoing relevance.
- Comparing and contrasting Graeber's perspective with other scholarship on bureaucracy, markets, states, etc. could situate his ideas and highlight their distinctiveness.
- As you note, incorporating material from other Graeber writings on related topics like debt, revolution, and political imagination could provide a richer picture of his interconnecting lines of thought.
I'm happy to keep discussing ways to develop your work on Graeber. Let me know if you would find it helpful to brainstorm more ideas for next steps.
Dear Professor Mensah,
I thank you very much for your message, your observations and your interest.
I am further developing the analysis of aspects of David Graeber's thought. In this period, I am working on Amartya Sen and on Mahbub ul Haq too.
I am moreover searching for contacts and collaborations on all these subjects, so that I am very grateful for all observations, advice, remarks, notes, and so on.
The investigation on David Graeber needs to be extended: I was and am aware of this. I began with the inquiry into David Graeber's interpretation of bureaucracy since the editors of a book asked me specifically for some notes on David Graeber's positions on bureaucracy (the corresponding text was written in German). I had therefore to concentrate my attention only on this aspect of David Graeber's; notwithstanding, this aspect is to be connected to the other aspects of David Graeber's criticism of capitalism, of his analysis of the crisis of the left parties and of the change in the parties orientation.
I will do all. I will continue and extend the analysis.
I thank you very much again. I will be very grateful for all your observations.
Yours sincerely,
Gianluigi Segalerba
Gianluigi Segalerba,
I will be glad to assist you with your further critique on Graeber's work and other areas of interest. Kindly, email me at [email protected] for collaboration areas and further assistance required of your works.
Thanks.
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