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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Society did not evolve in straight lines.
Chapter 3: The “indigenous critique” sparked a wave of Enlightenment ideas that still shape our world today.
Chapter 4: Pre-agricultural life was far more diverse than we have been taught about.
Chapter 5: Freedoms long taken for granted began eroding as notions of the sacred and private ownership emerged together.
Chapter 6: Neighboring cultures often built social institutions as reactions to one another.
Chapter 7: As communities settled into farming, their highland neighbors headed firmly in the other direction instead.
Chapter 8: When people first gathered in cities, hierarchies did not form right away.
Chapter 9: Early kings used spectacular violence to demonstrate their cosmic power and perceived necessity to rule.
Chapter 10: The “indigenous critique,” which still exists today in many different forms, emerged through experimentation and reaction over centuries of debate and conflict.
Description
The Dawn of Everything (2021) is a reimagining of the history of humanity, based on new discoveries in the worlds of anthropology and archeology. According to the authors, new findings challenge what we thought we knew about hierarchies, inequality, property, and the state.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who’s ever shaken their fist at bureaucracy
- History lovers of all stripes
- Those who want to be Indiana Jones when they grow up