A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world history. This book transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision and a faith in the power of direct action.
A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution.