Chris Knight: Did Matriarchy Ever Exist?

diumenge, 21 octubre

Chris Knight: Did Matriarchy Ever Exist?

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To help you decide whether these talks are suitable for you, here are some links.

1. The article by David Graeber which opened up this debate:
https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/

The story we have been telling ourselves about our origins is wrong, and perpetuates the idea of inevitable social inequality. David Graeber and David Wengrow ask why the myth of 'agricultural revolution' remains so persistent, and argue that there is a whole lot more we can learn from our ancestors.

2. Camilla's response:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/camilla-power/gender-egalitarianism-made-us-human-patriarchy-was-too-little-too-late [l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opendemocracy.net%2Fcamilla-power%2Fgender-egalitarianism-made-us-human-patriarchy-was-too-little-too-late&h=AT2QgpQSX0TGccFy2f_2NQ5h6BhRSkE1l12iACTNUAwdtvkdDvVcp6uw6SSFHqQH7gHY97Kz6pQM6sjBDdQ3LOYaL2OgZVzaiAAlrTBi9zyaTXIbbjk7mhYZAiSnZfsAPiBfc1LpPouT]:

www.opendemocracy.net [l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opendemocracy.net%2F&h=AT1_MI3FIwFsGzOZey5QmMnI4fYNSdslCPbP4nHMKpc5_OFM6jecKcwPLM0IiPFZOQyW7V_O9OO2vz1IwAqH2qDFUZZEK7jU0n17Co_n3xBRsJicNS_bEE_7ZKehlb5q_iuEA8nzDgo_]
The original rule was that against rape, 'No means NO', a woman's body is sacred if she says so. Here is my story about how that rule arose. "It's not Me Too. It's not just sexual ...

3. Chris Knight: Did Matriarchy Ever Exist? 25 September 2018
https://vimeo.com/292893544

Talk given to the Radical Anthropology Group at Daryll Forde Seminar Room, Anthropology Building, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW

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diumenge, 21 octubre, 2018 - 17:00 a 19:00

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Daryll Forde Seminar Room, University College London
14 Taviton St.
WC1 H 0BW
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The London Anarchist Bookfair has been a crucial fixture in the anarchist calendar since 1983. This year the bookfair is on what -we hope- is a very brief hiatus.

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