Graeber, David, and David Wengrow. _The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity_, 2021. [https://www.overdrive.com/search?q=F545BC95-B250-4524-9670-D713A0540266](https://www.overdrive.com/search?q=F545BC95-B250-4524-9670-D713A0540266). --- # Progressive Summary # Key Points ## Indigenous Critique Rousseau published his "Discourse on the Origin and the Foundation of Inequality Among Mankind" in 1754. This is considered to have kickstarted the modern debate on social inequality. It first introduced the idea that agriculture brought complexity and hierarchy into society. It was written in response to an essay competition. In the Middle Ages: > "social equality" - and therefore, its opposite, inequality - simply did not exist as a concept. Egalitarianism was never an important issue for both the Indigenous Americans and the Europeans. The encounter between the two cultures sparked a lot of debate over freedom. The Indigenous Americans, such as the Wendat, were highly critical of what they saw as the oppressiveness of European society. The Europeans sought to defend themselves by telling stories about stages of development, and that # Resonances # Oppositions # Questions / Comments # Quotes # Highlights ![[