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Elisabeth M Mar 6, 2023

I'm reading #TheDawnOfEverything, delighted to hear these scholars lucidly arguing for something really important to me.

The arrogance of #MythOfProgress – which skews how we regard our ancestors, and shrinks our ability to imagine alternative futures – has frustrated me for a very long time. At last: DEBUNKED!

Graeber in particular happens to be my favorite scholarly curmudgeon at this point. So very clearheaded, so very cantankerous. #RestInPeace Graeber.

#anthropology #history #modernism

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Anne Deschaine Mar 6, 2023

@independentpen I'm slowly reading and loving that book. I dip in very gently, read a tiny bit, and leave to digest for awhile. Thought-provoking and perspective-shifting and glorious. I'm just sorry that I primarily discovered Graeber's work after he was gone.

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Elisabeth M

@aehdeschaine Yeah, same. He died really recently, in 2020, just before I first came across his work. I loved him so much at first sight, I felt like I'd lost a friend!