{"product_id":"humankind-a-hopeful-history-from-the-presenter-of-the-2025-bbc-moral-revolution-reith-lectures","title":"Humankind: A Hopeful History – from the presenter of the 2025 BBC ‘Moral Revolution’ Reith lectures","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely, highly and happily recommended'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You should read \u003ci\u003eHumankind\u003c\/i\u003e. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTim Harford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The book we need right now'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eYuval Noah Harari\u003c\/b\u003eIt'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.\u003ci\u003eHumankind\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our politics and economics too.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-life \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e to 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.It is time for a new view of human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781408898932\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bregman, Rutger","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.61","offer_id":47962384859313,"sku":"SB-1408898934-C3","price":2.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1408898934.jpg?v=1790136311","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/humankind-a-hopeful-history-from-the-presenter-of-the-2025-bbc-moral-revolution-reith-lectures","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}