Humankind: A Hopeful History - Hardcover

Bregman, Rutger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1408898934 ISBN 13: 9781408898932

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

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. And its roots sink deep into Western thought: from Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the tacit assumption is that humans are bad.

Humankind makes the case for a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. When we think the worst of others, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics too.

In his long-awaited second book, international-bestselling author Rutger 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.

It is time for a new view of human nature.

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Review:

The alt Robin Hood (Evening Standard)

Listen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future (Observer)

The Dutch wunderkind of new ideas (Guardian)

A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell (New York Times)

Book Description:

A radical defence of our innate capacity for kindness, Humankind is the long-awaited second book from Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, international bestselling author of Utopia for Realists and one of the greatest young thinkers of our time

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1408898934
• ISBN 13: 9781408898932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496