{"id":20618,"date":"2021-11-23T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=20618"},"modified":"2021-11-23T10:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:36:26","slug":"the-dawn-of-everything-david-wengrow-the-late-david-graeber-on-a-new-history-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/11\/23\/the-dawn-of-everything-david-wengrow-the-late-david-graeber-on-a-new-history-of-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Dawn of Everything\u201d: David Wengrow &#038; the Late David Graeber On a New History of Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDO28CPAPuM\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw\">Democracy Now!<\/a> In an extended interview, we speak with archeologist David Wengrow, who co-authored the new book \u201cThe Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity\u201d with the late anthropologist David Graeber. The book examines how Indigenous cultures contributed greatly to what we have come to understand as so-called Western ideas of democracy and equality, but argues these contributions have been erased from history. \u201cWhat the broad sweep of history shows is that living in large-scale, densely populated, technologically sophisticated societies really doesn\u2019t require people to simply give up social freedoms,\u201d says Wengrow. The two completed the book just weeks before Graeber died unexpectedly last year at the age of 59. Graeber is credited with helping to coin the phrase \u201cWe are the 99%.\u201d His book \u201cDebt: The First 5,000 Years\u201d made the case for sweeping debt cancellation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/democracynow\">#DemocracyNow<\/a> Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEJSRm85NVllekRGRVhSc1RVYzNXbF9wXzZ3UXxBQ3Jtc0ttMVh4aHM2V2pIRnR6b2lQeUw1SUdFRjF2Vll2eXd1VkNKS0lNQ0ctMEpWdEY5TWdGVm0yTnZmc0gwdGQxakVlVXlMWTBZWHJtODJWX3czYzdBcENVQmFfODB6NGZBVzVHVXp5RndHUF9OTk8wV1Bvcw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracynow.org\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/a> Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbktDazRRaHZza3d3RmZRblVTQjNMWTFZNUpEUXxBQ3Jtc0tuNXdRMDd4ck1tM0EzNjVVSFFOb3lsQUxsYk5SSXlobTN2RXFRZk1yN0F6MnI2SlBQYmFLd1NPeFJEeWxKMlBBNVZUWm1MdlI1amdsRmtzdWg0YzRRTXJibnlNQUhqcV9XWW12NGFrUnhlZmJXbDc4TQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracynow.org%2Fdonate\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy Now! In an extended interview, we speak with archeologist David Wengrow, who co-authored the new book \u201cThe Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity\u201d with the late anthropologist David Graeber. The book examines how Indigenous cultures contributed greatly to what we have come to understand as so-called Western&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/11\/23\/the-dawn-of-everything-david-wengrow-the-late-david-graeber-on-a-new-history-of-humanity\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20619,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20618\/revisions\/20619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}