The Elementary Forms of Human Freedom
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David Wengrow, “The Elementary Forms of Human Freedom: Enlightenment without Books”
David Wengrow is Professor of Comparative Archeology at University College London. He has written on the origins of inequality, freedom and social domination, and the archaeology of early states and civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and beyond.
His recent book, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, co-written with David Graeber, challenges long-held assumptions about the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to agriculture and permanent settlement.
His other books include:
- What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (Oxford University Press)
- The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Princeton University Press)
He posts on X/Twitter as @davidwengrow.
Tickets go on-sale February 6.