Humankind
A Hopeful History

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 496 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Verlag: Bloomsbury TradeBloomsbury Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9781408898956

An optimistic historian sifts through the past in his mission to prove that mankind might not be so bad . . . A superb read - brisk, accessible and full of great stories Sunday Times

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER<br>AGuardian,Daily Telegraph,New StatesmanandDaily ExpressBook of the Year<br><br>'Hugely, highly and happily recommended'Stephen Fry<br>'You should readHumankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race'Tim Harford<br>'Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective'Yuval Noah Harari<br><br>It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest.<br><br>Humankindmakes a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our politics and economics too.<br><br>In this major book, internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman takes some of the world's most famous studies and events and reframes them, providing a new perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history. From the real-lifeLord of the Fliesto the Blitz, a Siberian fox farm to an infamous New York murder, Stanley Milgram's Yale shock machine to the Stanford prison experiment, Bregman shows how believing in human kindness and altruism can be a new way to think - and act as the foundation for achieving true change in our society.<br><br>It is time for a new view of human nature.

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Rutger Bregman, a historian and writer at theCorrespondent, is one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers. His bookUtopia for Realistswas aSunday TimesandNew York Timesbestseller and has been translated into thirty-two languages. His follow-up,Humankind, was also aSunday TimesandNew York Timesbestseller and received praise from Stephen Fry, Yuval Noah Harari and Grace Blakeley amongst others. He lives in New York.<br><br>@rcbregman

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