HYBRID - Political futures from the deep past: thinking through the Dawn of Everything

David Wengrow and David Graeber’s The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity offers a re-reading of the deep human past to help thinkers and activists trying to re-imagine today’s dysfunctional politics. If historical illiteracy and the absence of political imagination are two characteristic contemporary flaws, The Dawn of Everything proposes new long-term historical narratives to remedy them. In particular, it subverts long-accepted narratives of development, state intensification, and resource exploitation which privilege the colonial gaze.

Reflecting the book’s interests, this panel discussion brings together specialists in North American archaeology, Amazonian anthropology, race and racism, and African history to discuss the book’s implications with David Wengrow. It will be chaired by the late David Graeber’s colleague, Alpa Shah.

This event is part of 'Political futures from the deep past: thinking through The Dawn of Everything'. Other related events are:

• Film screening: 'RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World'

Film screening and discussion with director Catherine Bainbridge accompanied by David Wengrow, Clive Nwonka and Maria Chiara D’Argenio.
16 June 2022, 10am-1pm

• The Nutmeg’s Curse and The Dawn of Everything: a discussion with Amitav Ghosh and David Wengrow

A discussion with Amitav Ghosh and David Wengrow.
16 June 2022, 5pm-6pm

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