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Rousseau's Essay
- Rousseau's essay on inequality's origin, disqualified for length, was influential.
- He politicized prehistory by portraying noble savages, unlike Hobbes's brutish view.
Third Way Prehistory
- The Dawn of Everything offers a third perspective on prehistory, challenging the Rousseau-Hobbes spectrum.
- Criticizing thinkers like Pinker and Diamond, it argues prehistoric humans consciously chose diverse political arrangements.
Contrasting Foragers
- Californian foragers, the Uroc, were puritanical, while Northwest Coast Native Americans embraced excess.
- The latter practiced chattel slavery, rivaling even Classical Athens.