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By taking human beings out of society, castaway stories suggest our individualist survival instincts come to the fore. But no man (or woman) is an island. True freedom comes through co-operation.
David Graeber’s final book uncovers the politics of the high seas.
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After four centuries of English-language fiction about being stranded, the boundaries of a good tale have been stretched far
At sea things were classed as flotsam (any floating object), jetsam (cargoes deliberately thrown overboard) and lagan (...
