Name: The Dawn of Everything: A new History of Humanity
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Author: David Wengrow
ISBN: 9781250858801

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The Dawn of Everything: A new History of Humanity

Type

Physical Book

Author

David Graeber

David Wengrow

Publisher

Picador

Year

2023

Language

English

Pages

720

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781250858801

Synopsis "The Dawn of Everything: A new History of Humanity "

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution--from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality--and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or by taming our baser instincts. In their major New York Times bestseller, The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David Wengrow fundamentally challenge these assumptions and recast our understanding of human history. We will never again see the past in the same way. Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, Graeber and Wengrow reveal how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual blinders and perceive what's really there. If humans did not spend 95 percent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing during all that time? If agriculture and cities did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organizations did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more open to playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume. Destined to be a classic, The Dawn of Everything signals a paradigm shift, profoundly transforming our understanding of the human past and making space to imagine new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual and political range, animated by curiosity, moral vision, and hopefulness.

David Graeber

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David Graeber (1961-2020) was an American anthropologist, writer, and activist, known for his studies on anarchism, economics, and political anthropology. He was a professor at the London School of Economics and a key figure in the Occupy Wall Street movement. His works have influenced debates on labor, debt, and social organization, establishing him as a critical thinker of capitalism and power structures.

Among his most notable books are Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011), where he examines the history of debt as an economic and social institution, Bullshit Jobs (2018), a critique of the uselessness of certain modern jobs, and The Dawn of Everything (2021), co-written with David Wengrow, which rethinks the history of humanity from an anthropological perspective.

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David Wengrow

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David Wengrow is an archaeologist and British anthropologist, professor at the Institute of Archaeology of University College London. His work focuses on the evolution of human societies, the development of inequality, and the history of civilizations. He has conducted research in Africa and the Middle East, challenging traditional narratives about the origin of the State and power structures.

Among his most notable works is The Dawn of Everything (2021), co-written with David Graeber, which rethinks the history of humanity from an innovative perspective. He is also the author of What Makes Civilization? (2010), where he analyzes cultural development in Europe and the Middle East. His interdisciplinary approach has positioned him as an influential figure in archaeology and social theory.

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