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Humankind

A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

From the author of New York Times bestseller UTOPIA FOR REALISTS, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our success.If one basic principle has served as the bedrock of bestselling author Rutger Bregman's thinking, it is that every progressive idea -- whether it was the abol...
Publish Date
2020-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
2020-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 2019
Goodreads rating
4.33
ISBN
9780316418539
Recommendations
6
Recommendations
2021-05-13T10:25:27.000Z
This is a very good book      source
2020-08-08T21:01:28.000Z
@rcbregman well done on such an amazing book ‘Humankind’ - world leaders and all young people need to read this book! #humankind      source
2020-09-19T09:18:26.000Z
This is the book currently blowing my mind. A must read! @rcbregman      source
2020-09-27T15:50:26.000Z
An excellent book! Warning - a difficult read for pessimists, cynics and all those who find salt in their cornflakes. @rcbregman      source
2020-06-26T19:41:17.000Z
This book, Humankind: A Hopeful History, by @rcbregman, has the most riveting prologues of any work of non-fiction I have ever read. And its fundamental argument is one that, unsurprisingly, I strongly agree with, too. Kudos.      source
2020-05-31T09:50:35.000Z
@adamdeeyto Yes. I think he over eggs it somewhat but it is well written and thought provoking. And destroys some of the basic bits of pop psychology I’ve always had a problem with.      source