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020			_a9780141991061
037			_cPurchased _nMathrubhumi Books, Kaloor
041			_aEnglish
082			_a901 _bGRA/DA
100			_aDavid Graeber
245			_aDAWN OF EVERYTHING _b: New History of Humanity
250			_a1
260			_aUK _bPenguin Books _c2022
300			_g692
500			_aFor 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, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our view of human history, including the origins of farming, cities, democracy, slavery and civilization itself. 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 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, then what kinds of 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. The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and faith in the power of direct action.
650			_aHistory & geography
650			_aHistory
650			_aPhilosophy and theory of history
700			_aDavid Wengrow
942			_cLEN
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