Humankind : a hopeful history /
by Bregman, Rutger; Manton, Elizabeth; Moore, Erica, (Translator).
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021Description: xx, 465 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781408898956 (pbk.) :; 1408898950 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 128 BREUniform titles: Meeste mensen deugen. English.Subject(s): Human beings | Philosophical anthropology | Human behavior | Philosophy | PhilosophySummary: 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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This translation originally published: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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