Abstract

This 526-page discourse is a reasoned argument for rejecting the notion of steady progress in the human past that challenges our assumptions about the origins of many aspects of modern human behavior, including farming, property, cities, democracy, and slavery. The authors take an anarchic position. They conclude that since we have organized ourselves in many ways in the past, so there are other ways of organizing ourselves beyond the current dominant model of hierarchical states. The authors draw from/reinterpret archaeological data to emphasize (politically anarchic) examples of freedom, play, and social equality. This bold, controversial book will provoke intense discussion.

摘要

这篇 526 页的论述是一个合理的论点，它拒绝人类过去稳步进步的概念，它挑战了我们对现代人类行为许多方面的起源的假设，包括农业、财产、城市、民主和奴隶制。作者采取了无政府主义的立场。他们得出的结论是，由于我们过去以多种方式组织自己，因此除了当前的等级国家占主导地位模型之外，还有其他方式来组织自己。作者从/重新解释考古数据来强调（政治上无政府主义的）自由、游戏和社会平等的例子。这本大胆而有争议的书将引发激烈的讨论。