{"product_id":"the-dawn-of-everything-david-graeber","title":"The Dawn of Everything (David Graeber)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER AND \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eAND\u003ci\u003e BBC HISTORY\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most profound and exciting book I've read in thirty years' Robin D. G. Kelley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGraeber, David\u003cb\u003eDavid Graeber\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDebt: The First 5,000 Years \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Bullshit Jobs: A Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a contributor to \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e. An iconic thinker and renowned activist, his early efforts helped to make Occupy Wall Street an era-defining movement. He died on 2 September 2020.Wengrow, David\u003cb\u003eDavid Wengrow \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of comparative archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and has been a visiting professor at New York University. He is the author of three books, including\u003ci\u003e What Makes Civilization?. \u003c\/i\u003eWengrow conducts archaeological fieldwork in various parts of Africa and the Middle East.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 720 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65802135699805,"sku":"K095465429","price":19.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9546542900001A.jpg?v=1788454702","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-dawn-of-everything-david-graeber","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}