Discussion Topic: The Dawn Of Everything

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Possible Starting Places

  "David Wengrow: A New Understanding Of Human History And The Root Of Inequality," TED, July 26, 2022.  (17 mins)

  "The Dawn Of Everything Summary (Animated): The History Book That Upends All History Books," Four Minute Books, March 3, 2023.  (6 mins)

  Andrew Anthony, "'I'm Certainly Open To Criticism': David Wengrow And The Trouble With Rewriting Human History," Observer, June 12, 2022.

  David Priestland, "'The Dawn Of Everything' By David Graeber And David Wengrow Review -- Inequality Is Not The Price Of Civilisation," Guardian, October 23, 2021.

  Andrew Anthony, "'The Dawn Of Everything: A New History Of Humanity' By David Graeber And David Wengrow Review -- Have We Got Our Ancestors Wrong?," Observer, October 18, 2021.

Daniel Immerwahr, "Beyond The State," The Nation (September 20 2021).

Book Reviews

Matthew Porges, "A Political Garden Of Eden," Los Angeles Review Of Books (January 19, 2022).

James H. McDonald, "'The Dawn Of Everything: A New History Of Humanity,'" New York Journal Of Books (November 9, 2021).

Emily Kern, "The Radical Promise Of Human History," Boston Review (November 3, 2021).

  Jennifer Schuessler, "What If Everything You Learned About Human History Is Wrong?," New York Times, October 31, 2021.

Lev Bratishenko, "Our Ancient Ancestors May Have Been More Civilized Than We Are," Maclean's (October 18, 2021).

Video Sources

  "'The Dawn Of Everything': David Wengrow And The Late David Graeber On A New History Of Humanity," Democracy Now, November 18, 2021.  (22 mins)

"The Dawn Of Everything: A New History Of Humanity," British Library, November 23, 2021.  (77 mins)

Audio Sources

  "The Dawn Of Everything," Empire, August 30, 2023.  (54 mins)

  "Everything We Think We Know About Early Human History Is Wrong: David Wengrow," Downstream, December 4, 2022.  (76 mins)

  "'The Dawn Of Everything: A New History Of Humanity (David Wengrow)," MIchael Shermer Show, December 21, 2021.  (91 mins)

Miscellaneous

  Gideon Lewis-Kraus, "Early Civilizations Had It All Figured Out," New Yorker (November 1, 2021).