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This posthumously published book by activist-anthropologist Graeber (The Dawn of Everything; Debt: The First 5,000 Years) questions whether Enlightenment ideals might have developed outside of Europe. A well-known anarchist, Graeber studied the ethnography of Madagascar and presents his findings to discuss social hierarchies, pirates, and alternative enlightenments outside of France during the period. Aside from swashbuckling sea battles, pirate culture was highly egalitarian for i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More