James M. Van Lanen

Upcoming Books

ForthcomingAnarchy After GraeberBirch Top Hill Press

Anarchy After Graeber

Coming Soon

A critical examination of David Graeber and David Wengrow's "The Dawn of Everything" and its implications for anarchist thought and anthropological theory. Drawing on fieldwork experience and a deep engagement with hunter-gatherer ethnography, this book argues for a more grounded anarchist anthropology.

ForthcomingResilience, Anarchy, and the Liberation of TEKBirch Top Hill Press

Resilience, Anarchy, and the Liberation of TEK

Coming Soon

An exploration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), its suppression by colonial and industrial forces, and the case for its liberation as a tool for building resilient, anarchic communities rooted in place and ecological relationship.

ForthcomingKilling Off The HadzaBirch Top Hill Press

Killing Off The Hadza

Coming Soon

How academic anthropology and conservation politics are destroying one of the last free hunter-gatherer peoples on Earth. This book examines the collision between Western conservation ideology, academic careerism, and the survival of the Hadza people of Tanzania — one of the last remaining groups of full-time hunter-gatherers.


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