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Humankind: A Hopeful History
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Books > Theology > Philosophy
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| Author/Artist: |
RUTGER BREGMAN |
| ISBN / ID: |
9781408898956 |
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Bloomsbury |
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PAPERBACK |
| Price: |
AU$24.99 |
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It is 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 are taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest.
This book makes a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. The instinct to cooperate rather than compete, trust rather than distrust, has an evolutionary basis going right back to the beginning of Homo sapiens.
By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our politics and economics too. In this book Rutger Bregman takes some of the world's most famous studies and events and re-frames them, providing a new perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history. He 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. |
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