A rumbustious retelling of the birth of the Enlightenment, from the bestselling radical author of The Dawn of Everything

The Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie…

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized…

A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world history 

Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding the transmission of symbols? How is our making and perception of images influenced…

A powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences. Gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work…

The contributions in this volume document, both in past social contexts and recent ones, the need to understand branded commodities as part of a broader continuum with techniques of gift-giving…

In anthropology as much as in popular imagination, kings are figures of fascination and intrigue, heroes or tyrants in ways presidents and prime ministers can never be. This collection of…