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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5ish - some parts, I could see assigning my 1st year students. But other parts... A bit too glossed over /oversimplification to the point of some inaccuracy through unacknowledgement. But , for an introduction to the subject, not too bad! Still worth a read and tells an interesting story of humans, and asks some interesting questions.
I would’ve liked it a lot more had I read it earlier in my life. 2016-2018 would’ve been best. I was far more centrist then.
Book doesn’t critique european imperialism enough for me. It doesn’t critique it at all.
Book doesn’t critique european imperialism enough for me. It doesn’t critique it at all.
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Genocide, Racism, Slavery
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
The first chapter of this book is titled "The Cognitive Revolution," however, it is an incorrect use of that term. The Cognitive Revolution was a psychology movement from the 1960s. The chapter describes the theory of Behavioral Modernity.
This was a sign of things to come. The author barely cites sources. He makes dozens of claims each chapter, and only substantiates a few. This means that many things he says can not be verified at all. But those that I could find more information on were nearly universally misleading or straight up incorrect. I stopped reading towards the end of Chapter 2, when he made statements in support of racist and eugenicist sentiments.
If you want to read a book about anthropology, read one written by an anthropologist that is acclaimed by other anthropologists. Don't read this one.
This was a sign of things to come. The author barely cites sources. He makes dozens of claims each chapter, and only substantiates a few. This means that many things he says can not be verified at all. But those that I could find more information on were nearly universally misleading or straight up incorrect. I stopped reading towards the end of Chapter 2, when he made statements in support of racist and eugenicist sentiments.
If you want to read a book about anthropology, read one written by an anthropologist that is acclaimed by other anthropologists. Don't read this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Colonisation
informative
informative
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
sh*t it was good but boy is some of it too much - looking forward to the next one more (as its on the future) rather than this one