Camilla Power, ‘A feminist response to David Graeber’s problem with hunter-gatherer egalitarianism’

diumenge, 21 octubre

Camilla Power, ‘A feminist response to David Graeber’s problem with hunter-gatherer egalitarianism’

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Join Radical Anthropology for a talk and discussion on feminism and hunter gatherer egalitarianism. Below are two articles to read beforehand.


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:

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diumenge, 21 octubre, 2018 - 15:00 a 17:00

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Daryll Forde Seminar Room, University College London
14 Taviton St.
WC1 H 0BW
Regne Unit

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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