Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

4 reviews

cmcrockford's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Wow. Could not recommend enough. For fans of Graeber's other books and political history in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual violence, and Racism

finn_1312's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Genocide

Moderate: Slavery and War

Minor: Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Torture, Kidnapping, and Rape

anarchism, archeology, societal organization

ka_cam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

A framework-shifting, intriguing, and ultimately hopeful read! This book goes at warp speed through human history pausing for mile-high analysis and creative wondering on moments and evidence of past humans. I really enjoyed how much agency and space they gave ancient peoples, and found many of their conclusions to be compelling. It made me want to read more about specifics - was definitely broad brush strokes (which destabilized more typical broad brush strokes and got at the root of that thinking, and what systems it serves). Written around the framing or origins of violence and inequality it ultimately did more to show not so much origins as the many options humans have, through time and space, explored to organize our societies. It gave me hope for the future and in a sense hope for the past as well. Recommend! Took me ages though, put it down for long periods.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Genocide, Colonisation, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Misogyny

Minor: Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, and Trafficking

sohva's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Slavery, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Torture, War, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, and Racism