Back The Dawn of Everything Catalan El amanecer de todo: Una nueva historia de la humanidad Spanish Au commencement était… French The Dawn of Everything Latin Het begin van alles Dutch
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| Author | David Graeber & David Wengrow |
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| Subject | Human history |
| Publisher | Allen Lane |
Publication date | October 19, 2021 |
| Pages | 704 |
| ISBN | 978-0-241-40242-9 |
| Website | https://dawnofeverything.industries |
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity is a 2021 book by anthropologist and activist David Graeber, and archaeologist David Wengrow. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2021 by Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Books).[1]
Graeber and Wengrow finished the book around August 2020.[2] Its American edition is 704 pages long, including a 63-page bibliography.[2] It was a finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing (2022).[3]
Describing the diversity of early human societies, the book critiques traditional narratives of history's linear development from primitivism to civilization.[4] Instead, The Dawn of Everything posits that humans lived in large, complex, but decentralized polities for millennia.[5]
The Dawn of Everything became an international bestseller, translated into more than thirty languages.[6] It was widely reviewed in the popular press and in leading academic journals, as well as in activist circles, with divided opinions being expressed across the board. Both favorable and critical reviewers noted its challenge to existing paradigms in the study of human history.
- ^ "The Dawn of Everything". Kirkus Reviews. August 24, 2021. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Schuessler, Jennifer (October 31, 2021). "What if Everything You Learned About Human History Is Wrong?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "The Orwell Prizes". May 17, 2022. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ Deresiewicz, William (October 18, 2021). "It Didn't Have to Be This Way". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ Bratishenko, Lev (October 18, 2021). "Our ancient ancestors may have been more civilized than we are". Maclean's. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Anthony, Andrew (June 12, 2022). "'I'm certainly open to criticism': David Wengrow and the trouble with rewriting human history". The Guardian. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
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