{"product_id":"9781408898956-humankind","title":"Humankind","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Hopeful History – from the presenter of the 2025 BBC ‘Moral Revolution’ Reith lectures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe major new book from Dutch historian and internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – FROM THE 2025 BBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e REITH LECTURER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDaily Express \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Hugely, highly and happily recommended’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Fry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuval Noah Harari\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumankind \u003c\/i\u003emakes a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our politics and economics too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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\u003eto 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is time for a new view of human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the 2025 BBC Reith Lecturer, Rutger Bregman will present ‘Moral Revolution’, a four part series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-A Time of Monsters\u003cbr\u003e-How To Start a Moral Revolution\u003cbr\u003e-A Realist’s Utopia\u003cbr\u003e-Zoom Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable to listen on BBC Four\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943906160737,"sku":"9781408898956","price":10.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33026298.jpg?v=1738823134","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408898956-humankind","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}