Re-examining human history and challenging assumptions of hierarchy, violence and progress, offering a new narrative for human society.
"The Dawn of Everything" is a revisionist history book that challenges conventional ideas about human civilization. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, the authors argue that early societies were more egalitarian, peaceful and inventive than commonly believed, and that the rise of hierarchy, violence and exploitation was not inevitable or natural. They offer a new narrative of human society that emphasizes the diversity, complexity and creativity of prehistoric and non-Western cultures, and that invites readers to rethink their assumptions about progress, civilization and human nature.
Title: The Dawn of Everything
Author: David Graeber, David Wengrow
Publishing year: 2021
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Length in hours: 24 hours and 13 minutes