Wengrow — “How inevitable, really, were the type of governments…”

Source: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity — David Graeber & David Wengrow

Book page: graeber-wengrow-dawn-of-everything

From: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity — Quotes

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How inevitable, really, were the type of governments we have today, with their particular fusion of territorial sovereignty, intense administration and competitive politics? Was this really the necessary culmination of human history?