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ECR Reading Group: Emergence of the State- and Class-Based Civilization

Emergence of the State- and Class-Based Civilization

Join on Sunday, January 22nd 2PM EST/11AM PDT for our third reading group session!
In this session, we will focus on the historical emergence of the state- and class-based civilizations. You can find the readings through the folder linked here.

Please register for the Zoom link here.
We will be reading:

  • “Defining the Problem of Historical-Society,” “The First Major Problematic Stage of the Monopoly of Civilization,” in Abdullah Öcalan’s Sociology of Freedom, pp. 46-61

  • A Draft of the History of Democratic Civilization, in Abdullah Öcalan’s Sociology of freedom, pp. 154-160

Recommended:

  • Donald H. Matthews and Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Öcalan’s Manifesto and the Challenge of Transcending Centricity, pp. 71-78

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRHRNmSSXdE 

  • David Graeber and David Wengrow - The Dawn of Everything, Conclusion

Earlier Event: January 14
ECR January Monthly Organizing Meeting
Later Event: February 8
ECR February Monthly Organizing Meeting