TomasEkeli reviewed The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal …
deep and interesting
5 stars
the main thesis of this book is an attack on the just-so story of how civilizations always progress through hunter-gatherers to agriculture and urbanism followed by a "modern" state. it builds this thesis very thoroughly.
an extremely important and well-written sholarly book.