David Graeber 2 Books Set The Dawn of Everything, Bullshit Jobs Rise of Pointles

Name: David Graeber 2 Books Set The Dawn of Everything, Bullshit Jobs Rise of Pointles
Brand: David Graeber

David Graeber

Description. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society, and why they are wrong. In doing so, they overturn our view of human history, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery and civilization itself.. Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It. In the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks and driving flying cars. Instead, something curious happened. Not only have the flying cars not materialised, but a...