David Graeber and David Wengrow – ‘The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity’. This new book from Graeber and Wengrow seeks to challenge assumptions about human social evolution and narratives of a linear development from primitive brutes to civilised people. Instead, the authors draw attention to the diversity of earlier human societies, arguing that humans had lived in large, complex, and decentralized societies for thousands of years. In doing so, Graeber and Wengrow fundamentally transform both our understanding of the past, and our vision for new ways of organising society in the future.

Schedule

  • Thursday 23rd December - Foreword, Chapters 1 & 2
  • Sunday 2nd January - Chapters 3 & 4
  • Sunday 9th January - Chapters 5 & 6
  • Sunday 16th January - Chapters 7 & 8
  • Sunday 23rd January - Chapters 9 & 10
  • Sunday 30th January - Chapter 11 & Conclusion

Outline

  • D61 [any]
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    3 years ago

    Started late, just got to chapter 4 today.

    Text could use some editing for clarity, my brain has a hard time handling sentences inside of sentences. (In-sentence-ception :kelly: )

    But once I get past that, :dean-smile:.

    Its nice that I get to feel my brain going through reprogramming in real time about the "tech tree" version of civilization that public education and some anthropology classes drilled into my brain as gospel.

        • D61 [any]
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          3 years ago

          Dish! I'm speeding through trying to get closer to catching up.

          Anything you noticed in the first 3~4 chapters that stood out?