#davidwengrow — Public Fediverse posts

"As indigenous legal scholars have been pointing out for years, the ‘Agricultural Argument’ makes no sense, even on its own terms. There are many ways, other than European-style farming, in which to care for and improve the productivity of land. What to a settler’s eye seemed savage, untouched wilderness ..."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#agriculture #permaculture #indigenous

"As indigenous legal scholars have been pointing out for years, the ‘Agricultural Argument’ makes no sense, even on its own terms. There are many ways, other than European-style farming, in which to care for and improve the productivity of land. What to a settler’s eye seemed savage, untouched wilderness ..."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#agriculture #permaculture #indigenous

I wonder of David Chapman has written about The Dawn of Everything? I'm only onto the 3rd chapter, but it's already blowing some big holes in the assumptions that underpin the @Meaningness book-in-progress, for example in quotes like this;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116956225889065381

What a shame David Graeber isn't around anymore, I'd like to see a conversation between the 2 of them, and Graeber's co-author David Wengrow.

#Meaningness #DavidChapman #TheDawnOfEverything #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

I wonder of David Chapman has written about The Dawn of Everything? I'm only onto the 3rd chapter, but it's already blowing some big holes in the assumptions that underpin the @Meaningness book-in-progress, for example in quotes like this;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116956225889065381

What a shame David Graeber isn't around anymore, I'd like to see a conversation between the 2 of them, and Graeber's co-author David Wengrow.

#Meaningness #DavidChapman #TheDawnOfEverything #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

I wonder of David Chapman has written about The Dawn of Everything? I'm only onto the 3rd chapter, but it's already blowing some big holes in the assumptions that underpin the @Meaningness book-in-progress, for example in quotes like this;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116956225889065381

What a shame David Graeber isn't around anymore, I'd like to see a conversation between the 2 of them, and Graeber's co-author David Wengrow.

#Meaningness #DavidChapman #TheDawnOfEverything #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

I wonder of David Chapman has written about The Dawn of Everything? I'm only onto the 3rd chapter, but it's already blowing some big holes in the assumptions that underpin the @Meaningness book-in-progress, for example in quotes like this;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116956225889065381

What a shame David Graeber isn't around anymore, I'd like to see a conversation between the 2 of them, and Graeber's co-author David Wengrow.

#Meaningness #DavidChapman #TheDawnOfEverything #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

"This is not, then, a book about the origins of inequality. But it aims to answer many of the same questions in a different way. There is no doubt that something has gone terribly wrong with the world. A very small percentage of its population do control the fates of almost everyone else, and they are doing it in an increasingly disastrous fashion."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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"This is not, then, a book about the origins of inequality. But it aims to answer many of the same questions in a different way. There is no doubt that something has gone terribly wrong with the world. A very small percentage of its population do control the fates of almost everyone else, and they are doing it in an increasingly disastrous fashion."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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"Back in the 1930s, the anthropologist "Gregory Bateson coined the term 'schismogenesis' to describe people's tendency to define themselves against one another."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#schismogenesis

"Back in the 1930s, the anthropologist "Gregory Bateson coined the term 'schismogenesis' to describe people's tendency to define themselves against one another."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#schismogenesis

"Many influential Enlightenment thinkers did in fact claim that some of their ideas on the subject were directly taken from Native American sources - even though, predictably, intellectual historians today insist this cannot really be the case."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#eurocentrism

"Many influential Enlightenment thinkers did in fact claim that some of their ideas on the subject were directly taken from Native American sources - even though, predictably, intellectual historians today insist this cannot really be the case."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#eurocentrism

"Revisiting what we will call the ‘indigenous critique’ means taking seriously contributions to social thought that come from outside the European canon, and in particular from those indigenous peoples whom Western philosophers tend to cast either in the role of history’s angels or its devils."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#indigenous

"Revisiting what we will call the ‘indigenous critique’ means taking seriously contributions to social thought that come from outside the European canon, and in particular from those indigenous peoples whom Western philosophers tend to cast either in the role of history’s angels or its devils."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#indigenous

"To give just a sense of how different the emerging picture is: it is clear now that human societies before the advent of farming were not confined to small, egalitarian bands."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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"To give just a sense of how different the emerging picture is: it is clear now that human societies before the advent of farming were not confined to small, egalitarian bands."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-the-dawn-of-everything

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#caturday finally I have a picture of #thedawnofeveryrhing worth #sharing !
#davidgraeber #davidwengrow

#caturday finally I have a picture of #thedawnofeveryrhing worth #sharing !
#davidgraeber #davidwengrow

Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...

I read #FrankWaters "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.

#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.

Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.

"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by #EricaLagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).

#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...

I read #FrankWaters "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.

#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.

Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.

"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by #EricaLagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).

#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...

I read #FrankWaters "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.

#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.

Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.

"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by #EricaLagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).

#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...

I read #FrankWaters "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.

#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.

Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.

"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by #EricaLagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).

#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...

I read #FrankWaters "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.

#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.

Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.

"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by #EricaLagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).

#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

@gustavoduch me ha hecho pensar en este fragmento del libro El amanecer de todo de #davidgraeber y #davidwengrow donde habla de #colonizacion y #agricultura:

(ahora me he fijado que he puesto las fotos en orden inverso y edito para que quien lo lea, no se vuelva loc@)

@gustavoduch me ha hecho pensar en este fragmento del libro El amanecer de todo de #davidgraeber y #davidwengrow donde habla de #colonizacion y #agricultura:

(ahora me he fijado que he puesto las fotos en orden inverso y edito para que quien lo lea, no se vuelva loc@)

Came across this in a post about #SolarPunk a few weeks ago (post may be gone)... Anyhow, I've been reading #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow's book, "The Dawn of Everything," and thought the question posited by #Graeber was relevant to #SolarPunkSunday...

Are You An #Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!

"Every time you treat another human with consideration and respect, you are being an anarchist. Every time you work out your differences with others by coming to reasonable compromise, listening to what everyone has to say rather than letting one person decide for everyone else, you are being an anarchist. Every time you have the opportunity to force someone to do something, but decide to appeal to their sense of reason or justice instead, you are being an anarchist. The same goes for every time you share something with a friend, or decide who is going to do the dishes, or do anything at all with an eye to fairness"

David Graeber, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, p 243, published 2009

"Chances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what they are supposed to believe. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense. Many people seem to think that anarchists are proponents of violence, chaos, and destruction, that they are against all forms of order and organization, or that they are crazed nihilists who just want to blow everything up. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.

At their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist — you just don’t realize it.

Let’s start by taking a few examples from everyday life."

Read more:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResilience #NoKings #NoRulers #Inequality #PowerCorrupts

Came across this in a post about #SolarPunk a few weeks ago (post may be gone)... Anyhow, I've been reading #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow's book, "The Dawn of Everything," and thought the question posited by #Graeber was relevant to #SolarPunkSunday...

Are You An #Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!

"Every time you treat another human with consideration and respect, you are being an anarchist. Every time you work out your differences with others by coming to reasonable compromise, listening to what everyone has to say rather than letting one person decide for everyone else, you are being an anarchist. Every time you have the opportunity to force someone to do something, but decide to appeal to their sense of reason or justice instead, you are being an anarchist. The same goes for every time you share something with a friend, or decide who is going to do the dishes, or do anything at all with an eye to fairness"

David Graeber, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, p 243, published 2009

"Chances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what they are supposed to believe. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense. Many people seem to think that anarchists are proponents of violence, chaos, and destruction, that they are against all forms of order and organization, or that they are crazed nihilists who just want to blow everything up. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.

At their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist — you just don’t realize it.

Let’s start by taking a few examples from everyday life."

Read more:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResilience #NoKings #NoRulers #Inequality #PowerCorrupts

Came across this in a post about #SolarPunk a few weeks ago (post may be gone)... Anyhow, I've been reading #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow's book, "The Dawn of Everything," and thought the question posited by #Graeber was relevant to #SolarPunkSunday...

Are You An #Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!

"Every time you treat another human with consideration and respect, you are being an anarchist. Every time you work out your differences with others by coming to reasonable compromise, listening to what everyone has to say rather than letting one person decide for everyone else, you are being an anarchist. Every time you have the opportunity to force someone to do something, but decide to appeal to their sense of reason or justice instead, you are being an anarchist. The same goes for every time you share something with a friend, or decide who is going to do the dishes, or do anything at all with an eye to fairness"

David Graeber, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, p 243, published 2009

"Chances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what they are supposed to believe. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense. Many people seem to think that anarchists are proponents of violence, chaos, and destruction, that they are against all forms of order and organization, or that they are crazed nihilists who just want to blow everything up. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.

At their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist — you just don’t realize it.

Let’s start by taking a few examples from everyday life."

Read more:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResilience #NoKings #NoRulers #Inequality #PowerCorrupts

Came across this in a post about #SolarPunk a few weeks ago (post may be gone)... Anyhow, I've been reading #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow's book, "The Dawn of Everything," and thought the question posited by #Graeber was relevant to #SolarPunkSunday...

Are You An #Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!

"Every time you treat another human with consideration and respect, you are being an anarchist. Every time you work out your differences with others by coming to reasonable compromise, listening to what everyone has to say rather than letting one person decide for everyone else, you are being an anarchist. Every time you have the opportunity to force someone to do something, but decide to appeal to their sense of reason or justice instead, you are being an anarchist. The same goes for every time you share something with a friend, or decide who is going to do the dishes, or do anything at all with an eye to fairness"

David Graeber, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, p 243, published 2009

"Chances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what they are supposed to believe. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense. Many people seem to think that anarchists are proponents of violence, chaos, and destruction, that they are against all forms of order and organization, or that they are crazed nihilists who just want to blow everything up. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.

At their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist — you just don’t realize it.

Let’s start by taking a few examples from everyday life."

Read more:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResilience #NoKings #NoRulers #Inequality #PowerCorrupts

Came across this in a post about #SolarPunk a few weeks ago (post may be gone)... Anyhow, I've been reading #DavidGraeber and #DavidWengrow's book, "The Dawn of Everything," and thought the question posited by #Graeber was relevant to #SolarPunkSunday...

Are You An #Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!

"Every time you treat another human with consideration and respect, you are being an anarchist. Every time you work out your differences with others by coming to reasonable compromise, listening to what everyone has to say rather than letting one person decide for everyone else, you are being an anarchist. Every time you have the opportunity to force someone to do something, but decide to appeal to their sense of reason or justice instead, you are being an anarchist. The same goes for every time you share something with a friend, or decide who is going to do the dishes, or do anything at all with an eye to fairness"

David Graeber, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, p 243, published 2009

"Chances are you have already heard something about who anarchists are and what they are supposed to believe. Chances are almost everything you have heard is nonsense. Many people seem to think that anarchists are proponents of violence, chaos, and destruction, that they are against all forms of order and organization, or that they are crazed nihilists who just want to blow everything up. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to. It is really a very simple notion. But it’s one that the rich and powerful have always found extremely dangerous.

At their very simplest, anarchist beliefs turn on to two elementary assumptions. The first is that human beings are, under ordinary circumstances, about as reasonable and decent as they are allowed to be, and can organize themselves and their communities without needing to be told how. The second is that power corrupts. Most of all, anarchism is just a matter of having the courage to take the simple principles of common decency that we all live by, and to follow them through to their logical conclusions. Odd though this may seem, in most important ways you are probably already an anarchist — you just don’t realize it.

Let’s start by taking a few examples from everyday life."

Read more:
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-maysurprise-you/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #BuildingResilience #NoKings #NoRulers #Inequality #PowerCorrupts

#DavidWengrow fasst am Ende dieses Gespräches gut drei miteinander verflochtende Grund-Aspekte von #Freiheit zusammen:

1—Bewegung weg von einer Umgebung hin zu einer anderen (Netzwerk überregional-freundschaftlicher Stammesgesellschaften);

2—Verweigerung von Befehlen (Debatte, Überzeugung & Teilhabe statt Zwang, Gewalt & Hierarchie)

3—Vorstellung & Schaffung alternativer Gesellschaftsformen (Wechsel zwischen verschiedenen Lebenswelten).

#GroßraumPhantastik

#DavidWengrow fasst am Ende dieses Gespräches gut drei miteinander verflochtende Grund-Aspekte von #Freiheit zusammen:

1—Bewegung weg von einer Umgebung hin zu einer anderen (Netzwerk überregional-freundschaftlicher Stammesgesellschaften);

2—Verweigerung von Befehlen (Debatte, Überzeugung & Teilhabe statt Zwang, Gewalt & Hierarchie)

3—Vorstellung & Schaffung alternativer Gesellschaftsformen (Wechsel zwischen verschiedenen Lebenswelten).

#GroßraumPhantastik

Neuer Plausch mit #DavidWengrow lohnt sich sowohl für alle, die Vertiefung und aktuelle Ergänzung zu »The Dawn of Everything« (zusammen mit #DavidGraeber 2021; Dt. »Anfänge« 2022) suchen, als auch alle, denen der Schinken zu dick ist.
Bietet wertvolle Rundschau zu den Reibungen zwischen historisch-ideologischen Mythen und soziologisch-archäologischen Erkenntnissen.
>>

https://youtu.be/GEJ8WAiHRE0

#GroßraumPhantastik #IchWillEIneBessereKatastrophe

Neuer Plausch mit #DavidWengrow lohnt sich sowohl für alle, die Vertiefung und aktuelle Ergänzung zu »The Dawn of Everything« (zusammen mit #DavidGraeber 2021; Dt. »Anfänge« 2022) suchen, als auch alle, denen der Schinken zu dick ist.
Bietet wertvolle Rundschau zu den Reibungen zwischen historisch-ideologischen Mythen und soziologisch-archäologischen Erkenntnissen.
>>

https://youtu.be/GEJ8WAiHRE0

#GroßraumPhantastik #IchWillEIneBessereKatastrophe

#Minoan religion and arts are profoundly not interested in the self-perpetuating, power-hungry ego. What they celebrate is the opposite: the ritually-induced release from individuality, and an ecstacy of being that is overtly erotic and spiritual at the same time (ek-stasis, or “standing beyond oneself”)—a cosmos that both nurtures and ignores the individual, that vibrates with inseparable sexual energies and spiritual epiphanies.

#DavidGraeber #Graeber #Wengrow #DavidWengrow #Crete #JackDempsey

#Minoan religion and arts are profoundly not interested in the self-perpetuating, power-hungry ego. What they celebrate is the opposite: the ritually-induced release from individuality, and an ecstacy of being that is overtly erotic and spiritual at the same time (ek-stasis, or “standing beyond oneself”)—a cosmos that both nurtures and ignores the individual, that vibrates with inseparable sexual energies and spiritual epiphanies.

#DavidGraeber #Graeber #Wengrow #DavidWengrow #Crete #JackDempsey

#Minoan religion and arts are profoundly not interested in the self-perpetuating, power-hungry ego. What they celebrate is the opposite: the ritually-induced release from individuality, and an ecstacy of being that is overtly erotic and spiritual at the same time (ek-stasis, or “standing beyond oneself”)—a cosmos that both nurtures and ignores the individual, that vibrates with inseparable sexual energies and spiritual epiphanies.

#DavidGraeber #Graeber #Wengrow #DavidWengrow #Crete #JackDempsey

"Far from being expected to demonstrate personal charisma or the ability to outdo rivals, those who aspired to a role on the Council of Tlaxcala did so in a spirit of self-deprecation—even shame—and were required to subordinate themselves to the people of the city."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, 2020

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/democracy/hiding-plain-sight

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#democracy #RepresentativeGovernment

"Far from being expected to demonstrate personal charisma or the ability to outdo rivals, those who aspired to a role on the Council of Tlaxcala did so in a spirit of self-deprecation—even shame—and were required to subordinate themselves to the people of the city."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, 2020

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/democracy/hiding-plain-sight

(1/3)

#democracy #RepresentativeGovernment

"Far from being expected to demonstrate personal charisma or the ability to outdo rivals, those who aspired to a role on the Council of Tlaxcala did so in a spirit of self-deprecation—even shame—and were required to subordinate themselves to the people of the city."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, 2020

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/democracy/hiding-plain-sight

(1/3)

#democracy #RepresentativeGovernment

"Far from being expected to demonstrate personal charisma or the ability to outdo rivals, those who aspired to a role on the Council of Tlaxcala did so in a spirit of self-deprecation—even shame—and were required to subordinate themselves to the people of the city."

#DavidGraeber, #DavidWengrow, 2020

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/democracy/hiding-plain-sight

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#democracy #RepresentativeGovernment

📕️Neuerwerbung der Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten:

David Graeber, David Wengrow:

Anfänge

Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit

David Graeber und David Wengrow entfalten in ihrer Menschheitsgeschichte, wie sich die Anfänge unserer Zivilisation mit der Zukunft der Menschheit neu denken und verbinden lässt. Über Jahrtausende hinweg, lange vor der Aufklärung, wurde schon jede erdenkliche Form sozialer Organisation erfunden und nach Freiheit, Wissen und Glück gestrebt. Graeber und Wengrow zeigen, wie stark die indigene Perspektive das westliche Denken beeinflusst hat und wie wichtig ihre Rückgewinnung ist. Lebendig und überzeugend ermuntern sie uns, mutiger und entschiedener für eine andere Zukunft der Menschheit einzutreten und sie durch unser Handeln zu verändern.

(Quelle: perlentaucher

#Witten #GLBibW #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

(comment on Anfänge)

📕️Neuerwerbung der Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten:

David Graeber, David Wengrow:

Anfänge

Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit

David Graeber und David Wengrow entfalten in ihrer Menschheitsgeschichte, wie sich die Anfänge unserer Zivilisation mit der Zukunft der Menschheit neu denken und verbinden lässt. Über Jahrtausende hinweg, lange vor der Aufklärung, wurde schon jede erdenkliche Form sozialer Organisation erfunden und nach Freiheit, Wissen und Glück gestrebt. Graeber und Wengrow zeigen, wie stark die indigene Perspektive das westliche Denken beeinflusst hat und wie wichtig ihre Rückgewinnung ist. Lebendig und überzeugend ermuntern sie uns, mutiger und entschiedener für eine andere Zukunft der Menschheit einzutreten und sie durch unser Handeln zu verändern.

(Quelle: perlentaucher

#Witten #GLBibW #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

(comment on Anfänge)

📕️Neuerwerbung der Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten:

David Graeber, David Wengrow:

Anfänge

Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit

David Graeber und David Wengrow entfalten in ihrer Menschheitsgeschichte, wie sich die Anfänge unserer Zivilisation mit der Zukunft der Menschheit neu denken und verbinden lässt. Über Jahrtausende hinweg, lange vor der Aufklärung, wurde schon jede erdenkliche Form sozialer Organisation erfunden und nach Freiheit, Wissen und Glück gestrebt. Graeber und Wengrow zeigen, wie stark die indigene Perspektive das westliche Denken beeinflusst hat und wie wichtig ihre Rückgewinnung ist. Lebendig und überzeugend ermuntern sie uns, mutiger und entschiedener für eine andere Zukunft der Menschheit einzutreten und sie durch unser Handeln zu verändern.

(Quelle: perlentaucher)

#Witten #GLBibW #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

(comment on Anfänge)

📕️Neuerwerbung der Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten:

David Graeber, David Wengrow:

Anfänge

Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit

David Graeber und David Wengrow entfalten in ihrer Menschheitsgeschichte, wie sich die Anfänge unserer Zivilisation mit der Zukunft der Menschheit neu denken und verbinden lässt. Über Jahrtausende hinweg, lange vor der Aufklärung, wurde schon jede erdenkliche Form sozialer Organisation erfunden und nach Freiheit, Wissen und Glück gestrebt. Graeber und Wengrow zeigen, wie stark die indigene Perspektive das westliche Denken beeinflusst hat und wie wichtig ihre Rückgewinnung ist. Lebendig und überzeugend ermuntern sie uns, mutiger und entschiedener für eine andere Zukunft der Menschheit einzutreten und sie durch unser Handeln zu verändern.

(Quelle: perlentaucher)

#Witten #GLBibW #DavidGraeber #DavidWengrow

(comment on Anfänge)

Esta semana terminé Apocalipsis Suave (reseña aquí), y la verdad es que si bien nada más terminarlo no me dijo mucho, tras un poco de reposo le vi varios aspectos bastante redentores. Tengo Microbe Hunters un poco en pausa, porque justo después de terminar con la novela de McIntosh cometí el error de abrir un libro que tenía mucho tiempo en la pila de pendientes: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, de David Graeber y David Wengrow (enlace a la wikiepdia aquí). Es un intento de contar la historia de los humanos partiendo del punto entre la época en la que nos agrupábamos en pequeños grupos nómadas de cazadores-recolectores y la adopción de la agricultura y los asentamientos permanentes con una serie de premisas radicalmente opuestas a las aceptadas comúnmente. Pensaba que no iba a engancharme en el lector digital porque normalmente estos libros los leo 100% en papel, ya que ahí me resulta mucho más sencillo hacer anotaciones y resaltar pasajes, pero las ideas que introducen los dos autores me están pareciendo tan sugerentes que posiblemente le de una primera lectura en el Kindle y lo termine releyendo más adelante en papel.

Y vosotros, ¿qué vais a leer esta semana?

https://fsolt.es/2024/02/04/que-vas-a-leer-esta-semana-2024-02-05/

#ApocalipsisSuave #DavidGraber #DavidWengrow #TheDawnOfEverythingANewHistoryOfHumanity #WillMc

Esta semana terminé Apocalipsis Suave (reseña aquí), y la verdad es que si bien nada más terminarlo no me dijo mucho, tras un poco de reposo le vi varios aspectos bastante redentores. Tengo Microbe Hunters un poco en pausa, porque justo después de terminar con la novela de McIntosh cometí el error de abrir un libro que tenía mucho tiempo en la pila de pendientes: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, de David Graeber y David Wengrow (enlace a la wikiepdia aquí). Es un intento de contar la historia de los humanos partiendo del punto entre la época en la que nos agrupábamos en pequeños grupos nómadas de cazadores-recolectores y la adopción de la agricultura y los asentamientos permanentes con una serie de premisas radicalmente opuestas a las aceptadas comúnmente. Pensaba que no iba a engancharme en el lector digital porque normalmente estos libros los leo 100% en papel, ya que ahí me resulta mucho más sencillo hacer anotaciones y resaltar pasajes, pero las ideas que introducen los dos autores me están pareciendo tan sugerentes que posiblemente le de una primera lectura en el Kindle y lo termine releyendo más adelante en papel.

Y vosotros, ¿qué vais a leer esta semana?

https://fsolt.es/2024/02/04/que-vas-a-leer-esta-semana-2024-02-05/

#ApocalipsisSuave #DavidGraber #DavidWengrow #TheDawnOfEverythingANewHistoryOfHumanity #WillMc

Esta semana terminé Apocalipsis Suave (reseña aquí), y la verdad es que si bien nada más terminarlo no me dijo mucho, tras un poco de reposo le vi varios aspectos bastante redentores. Tengo Microbe Hunters un poco en pausa, porque justo después de terminar con la novela de McIntosh cometí el error de abrir un libro que tenía mucho tiempo en la pila de pendientes: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, de David Graeber y David Wengrow (enlace a la wikiepdia aquí). Es un intento de contar la historia de los humanos partiendo del punto entre la época en la que nos agrupábamos en pequeños grupos nómadas de cazadores-recolectores y la adopción de la agricultura y los asentamientos permanentes con una serie de premisas radicalmente opuestas a las aceptadas comúnmente. Pensaba que no iba a engancharme en el lector digital porque normalmente estos libros los leo 100% en papel, ya que ahí me resulta mucho más sencillo hacer anotaciones y resaltar pasajes, pero las ideas que introducen los dos autores me están pareciendo tan sugerentes que posiblemente le de una primera lectura en el Kindle y lo termine releyendo más adelante en papel.

Y vosotros, ¿qué vais a leer esta semana?

https://fsolt.es/2024/02/04/que-vas-a-leer-esta-semana-2024-02-05/

#ApocalipsisSuave #DavidGraber #DavidWengrow #TheDawnOfEverythingANewHistoryOfHumanity #WillMc

@Frohmann

Anfänge - Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit

Autoren: David Wengrow, David Graeber

https://www.klett-cotta.de/buch/Geschichte/Anfaenge/414379

(en: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity )

Das Buch hat mich erfüllt weil: Es zeigt das eine andere Welt, eine andere Gesellschaft möglich ist und wirft die Frage auf: Warum sind wir in unserer Entwicklung im kapitalistischen System stecken geblieben?

#DavidWengrow #DavidGraeber #Anfänge #DawnOfEverything #MeinGutesBuch

@Frohmann

Anfänge - Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit

Autoren: David Wengrow, David Graeber

https://www.klett-cotta.de/buch/Geschichte/Anfaenge/414379

(en: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity )

Das Buch hat mich erfüllt weil: Es zeigt das eine andere Welt, eine andere Gesellschaft möglich ist und wirft die Frage auf: Warum sind wir in unserer Entwicklung im kapitalistischen System stecken geblieben?

#DavidWengrow #DavidGraeber #Anfänge #DawnOfEverything #MeinGutesBuch