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

  • Kestrel [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Dude send me to ancient Ukraine - these cities were awesome. Cultivation of barley, legumes; they had orchards for apples, pears, and apricots; farming livestock and sustainable hunting/forestry; concentric city design with common areas and distinct residential neighborhoods - complex small cities of up to 10,000 people all over 6,000 years ago and with no discernable social hierarchy, or need for war or slavery. Sign me the fuck up.