The Dawn of EverythingFor generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society, and why they are wrong. In doing

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Jacques Ranciere’s writings on workers’ history and democratic dissensus

From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5

mengajarkan keinginan seorang perempuan

This is a rare gem from a writer who touched readers across the globe

the Perfect Human (al-Insan al-Kamil) or the attainment of the Praiseworthy Station (al-Maqam al-Mahmud) of which the Prophet Muhammad is the highest example

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but ‘connected history’: connected cross-culturally

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble

Eliot is regarded as the most important poet–critic of modern times

The Life in the Writing is the first biography of Malaysian scholar and former National University of Singapore academician