Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-04-08
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 78
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Andrew (Andrewism) discussed The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and others, The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Myth of the Noble Savage by Ter Ellingson, and Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Dawn of Everything
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow is a sweeping archaeological and anthropological study that challenges conventional narratives about social evolution, inequality, and the origins of human civilization.
Discussed“And then in reading dawn of everything by um David Greyber and David Wenro, I ended up stumbling upon even further information on the subject.”
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Why people recommend it: Preserving ancient mythology, human ambition, and timeless existential dread, The Epic of Gilgamesh is an anonymous Mesopotamian masterpiece.
Discussed“And I mean, the the concept of the Noble Savage, it has its roots a lot further back than European encounters with Native Americans, right? That sort of the intellectual lineage of the concept could actually be traced back to ancient Greece.”
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The Myth of the Noble Savage
Discussed“Rouso didn't come up with the phrase and in fact he never used in his writings. What tear Alingsen uh historian discovered or rather explored in his book the myth of noble savage is that the term was coined over a century before Russo's birth”
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Cannibals and Kings
Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris is an anthropological exploration of the environmental, economic, and cultural pressures that have driven human societies toward war, hierarchy, and even cannibalism throughout history.
Discussed“In cannibals and kings, an anthropologist by the name of Marvin Harris would went on to explain why Leabu had recognized nobility among the indigenous people that he visited.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“So, he starts raving about how this means that everyone's going to get handed a copy of Mao's little red book and then says, quote, "What is this, the Cultural Revolution?"”
“And just to give your listeners some context, uh, one of the three authors on this New York Times article is famous for writing this book, Sapiens, that's a sweeping history of humanity.”