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On Kings by Marshall Sahlins, David Graeber

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4.0

Fascinating anthropological analyses of “stranger-kingdoms“ primarily in Africa and Latin America, presented as 7 different essays alternately authored by David Graeber and Marshall Sahlins. Parts were dense (Graeber’s essays were typically a little less dense at the cost of being longer) and at times I found it hard to keep track of the nuances of each culture’s kingdom (in part because I read it over the course of several months) but I learned a lot and will think about some of it for a long time.

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4.0

Being a collection of essays between 2 writers doesn't help with the order or the flow of the book, nonetheless it doesn't take away from how interesting the book is. I may actually recommend to read the conclusion first, then proceed from the beginning.
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