2023 book by David Graeber
Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia David Graeber , published posthumously in 2023.
InPirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia , authorDavid Graeber argues thatRatsimilaho , a member of theZana-Malata Malagasy ethnic group and descendent of a pirate, oversaw a period of democracy and peace as a precursor to theAge of Enlightenment . Graeber contests the common portrayal of Ratsimilaho as a figure who brought European-style “civilization” to Madagascar.[ 1]
The author, pictured in 2015 The book began as an expansion of a chapter of Graeber'sOn Kings (2017). Revisiting his early 1990s anthropology dissertation work in Madagascar, Graeber focused on the Zana-Malata andBetsimisaraka ethnic groups.[ 1] [ 2]
Allen Lane acquired the book's UK rights viaJanklow & Nesbit in September 2022.[ 3] Farrar Straus & Giroux was 200,000 copies in the United States.[ 4]
Pirate Enlightenment placed onLitHub The Guardian 's most anticipated books of 2023.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
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