5 the dawn of everything 人类新史 万事揭晓 大卫格雷伯

书名：TheDawnofEverything 作者：DavidGraeber/DavidWengrow/大卫·温 出版社：Farrar,StrausandGiroux 译者： 出版日期：2021-10-19 页数：704 ISBN：9780374157357

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Atrailblazingaccountofhumanhistory,challengingourmostfundamentalassumptionsaboutsocialevolution--fromthedevelopmentofagricultureandcitiestotheemergenceofthestate,politicalviolence,andsocialinequality--andrevealingnewpossibilitiesforhumanemancipation.

Forgenerations,ourremoteancestorshavebeencastasprimitiveandchildlike--eitherfreeandequalinnocents,orthuggishandwarlike.Civilization,wearetold,couldbeachievedonlybysacrificingthoseoriginalfreedomsor,alternatively,bytamingourbaserinstincts.DavidGraeberandDavidWengrowshowhowsuchtheoriesfirstemergedintheeighteenthcenturyasaconservativereactiontopowerfulcritiquesofEuropeansocietyposedbyIndigenousobserversandintellectuals.Revisitingthisencounterhasstartlingimplicationsforhowwemakesenseofhumanhistorytoday,includingtheoriginsoffarming,property,cities,democracy,slavery,andcivilizationitself.

Drawingonpathbreakingresearchinarchaeologyandanthropology,theauthorsshowhowhistorybecomesafarmoreinterestingplaceoncewelearntothrowoffourconceptualshacklesandperceivewhat'sreallythere.Ifhumansdidnotspend95percentoftheirevolutionarypastintinybandsofhunter-gatherers,whatweretheydoingallthattime?Ifagriculture,andcities,didnotmeanaplungeintohierarchyanddomination,thenwhatkindsofsocialandeconomicorganizationdidtheyleadto?Whatwasreallyhappeningduringtheperiodsthatweusuallydescribeastheemergenceofthestate?Theanswersareoftenunexpected,andsuggestthatthecourseofhumanhistorymaybelesssetinstone,andmorefullofplayful,hopefulpossibilities,thanwetendtoassume.

TheDawnofEverythingfundamentallytransformsourunderstandingofthehumanpastandoffersapathtowardimaginingnewformsoffreedom,newwaysoforganizingsociety.Thisisamonumentalbookofformidableintellectualrange,animatedbycuriosity,moralvision,andafaithinthepowerofdirectaction.

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