![]() ![]() “Social theory is largely a game of make-believe,” the authors write. Indeed, Graeber and Wengrow seem aware of this comparison, noting with a wink at one point that early human history, with its Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, was like a world full of “hobbits, giants and elves.” And though the book is packed with explanatory material from early civilizations - Wengrow is an expert in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern archaeology - it’s also a self-conscious exercise in mythmaking. ![]() This final work is a fitting capstone to his career, a tome that rivals fantasy epics in heft and imaginative scope. The famed anarchist philosopher, a major figure in the Occupy movement as well as an influential scholar, died in late 2020. ![]() Sadly, this book is also Graeber’s last work. ![]()
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