The dawn of everything

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The Guardian For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our view of human history, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery and civilization itself. Drawing on path-breaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we begin to see what's really there. If humans did not spend 95 per cent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful possibilities than we tend to assume. The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action. 'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb 'The most profound and exciting book I've read in thirty years' Robin D. G. Kelley

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 juni 2022

Aantal pagina's: 720

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: David Graeber

Tweede Auteur: David Wengrow

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

Originele titel: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee

Editie: 1st edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 30 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 129 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 35 mm

Verpakking lengte: 195 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 492 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780141991061

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