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A Critique of "The Dawn of Everything" with Sam Biagetti

Outsider Theory

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Why Do You Feel the Need to Cite This Book?

They build up this idea of the indigenous critique, that there were a sort of various indigenous intellectuals who all made a similar, consistent criticism of western society. And they say at one point, this was a shock to sist them. This was like such a dramatic challenge to the thoughts and assumptions of these europeanswho were completely steeped in hierarchy and a deference. They seem, again, it's this sort of slight of hand, like if you question, a the authenticity of this indigenous critique, you must be a racist who thinks that indigenous people are stupid.

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