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* Starting at the cover | |||
** Calling the book "... of Everything" is arrogant | |||
** BOTH authors are: white, cis-male, old, "western", able-bodied. | |||
=> I find that they should have had as co-authors more people from marginalised groups | |||
* Page one: "the world seems to be in such a mess" | |||
** as a starting assumption, this statement the OPPOSITE of the proclaimed premise that they are dispelling the "myth of progress"! | |||
=> from a cyclic-time PoV, the world is neither more nor less "in a mess" than long time ago, or far in the future | |||
=> from the zen/spiritual PoV, "it is what it is", so calling it "a mess" is an unnecessary suffering, in addition to the existing pain | |||
=> from the NVC PoV, this is NOT an "objective observation", but quite judgemental | |||
=> AND it's ignoring the JOY that is ALSO present in the world, as both Zen & NVC "see" | |||
* by page 10/600 | |||
** Plus points: anarchism, non-dualism, beyond “fall from grace” story. | |||
** Minus: not enough humility nor deference to non-western non-male stories; didn’t mention Freddy Perlman yet; no pictures ;) | |||
=Other Critiques= | =Other Critiques= | ||
https://anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2021/10/25/on-first-looking-into-the-dawn-of-everything1/ | https://anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2021/10/25/on-first-looking-into-the-dawn-of-everything1/ | ||
=Book Reviews= | |||
https://www.idler.co.uk/article/book-of-the-week-the-dawn-of-everything/ [www.idler.co.uk] | |||
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/23/the-dawn-of-everything-by-david-graeber-and-david-wengrow-review-inequality-is-not-the-price-of-civilisation | |||
Revision as of 19:59, 25 October 2021
Critique of The Dawn (of Everything)
The book itself:
- buy
- read
- download
- engage
My Critique of The Dawn
- Starting at the cover
- Calling the book "... of Everything" is arrogant
- BOTH authors are: white, cis-male, old, "western", able-bodied.
=> I find that they should have had as co-authors more people from marginalised groups
- Page one: "the world seems to be in such a mess"
- as a starting assumption, this statement the OPPOSITE of the proclaimed premise that they are dispelling the "myth of progress"!
=> from a cyclic-time PoV, the world is neither more nor less "in a mess" than long time ago, or far in the future => from the zen/spiritual PoV, "it is what it is", so calling it "a mess" is an unnecessary suffering, in addition to the existing pain => from the NVC PoV, this is NOT an "objective observation", but quite judgemental => AND it's ignoring the JOY that is ALSO present in the world, as both Zen & NVC "see"
- by page 10/600
- Plus points: anarchism, non-dualism, beyond “fall from grace” story.
- Minus: not enough humility nor deference to non-western non-male stories; didn’t mention Freddy Perlman yet; no pictures ;)
Other Critiques
https://anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2021/10/25/on-first-looking-into-the-dawn-of-everything1/
Book Reviews
https://www.idler.co.uk/article/book-of-the-week-the-dawn-of-everything/ [www.idler.co.uk]