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10. David Graeber & David Wengrow’s The “Dawn of Everything”: The Wisdom of Kandiaronk

Oct 4, 2021

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European Enlightenment was influenced by Native American critiques, leading to the birth of the 'intellectual left'.

Hierarchy in decision-making can lead to exploitation, impacting societal organization and political movements.

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Critiquing the Book 'Dawn of Everything'

The episode discusses the upcoming book 'Dawn of Everything' by David Graeber and David Wengrow, highlighting its stimulating content that poses important questions. While the book is praised for its engaging approach, it is also criticized for providing some wrong answers that could negatively impact political movements and intelligence.

The Politics of Hierarchy and Equality

04:13

The Idea of Liberty and Equality of Savages

04:46

Adario Ak Condirant - The Father of All Evil

02:35

Introduction

2min

The Politics of Hierarchy and Equality

4min

The Conflict Between Hierarchy and Democracy

4min

The Reactions of Jesuit Missionaries to the Native Americans

3min

What's the Difference Between the Native Americans and the Europeans?

4min

Adario Ak Condirant - The Father of All Evil

3min

The Idea of Liberty and Equality of Savages

5min

The Enlightenment in All but France Was Still an Absolution Monarchy

4min

The European Concept of Individual Freedom

2min

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Greyburn and Wengrow - The Intel Ta Left

2min

11.

How to Change the Course of Human History

4min

12.

Are Agalaterian Societies Really Galetarian?

2min

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The Origins of Social Inequality

5min

A critical reading of “The Wisdom of Kandiaronk, The Indigenous Critique, the Myth of Progress and the Birth of the Left” from David Graeber & David Wengrow’s upcoming book The Dawn of Everything.

In this chapter Graeber & Wengrow argue that:

The European Enlightenment was heavily influenced by Native American critiques of European culture.

That European intellectuals reacted against this by developing the theory of “stages of human progress” where we went from from egalitarian hunter-gatherers to pastoralists to farmers to market civilization.

That Jean-Jacques Rousseau synthesized the Native American critique and the stages of progress theory into a seemingly egalitarian critique of European social hierarchies which resigns us to accept hierarchy as the price of civilization.

That this synthesis was the birth of the “intellectual left”.

That the concept of human equality has no meaning and should be discarded [these guys *really* needed to listen to this podcast before writing this…]

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Graeber & Wengrow 2019 – “La Sagesse de Kandiaronk, la critique indigène, la mythe du progrès et la naissance de la gauche“, chapter from The Dawn of Everything (2021), published in French in Journal du MAUSS

Sally Roesch Wagner 2015, How Indigenous Women Inspired The Feminist Movement, Bust Magazine

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