Humankind. A Hopeful History - Rutger Bregman - książka

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERRecognized by the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, and Daily Express as a Book of the Year.

Stephen Fry calls it "Hugely, highly and happily recommended," while Tim Harford notes, "You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race." Yuval Noah Harari adds that it "Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective."Across cultural and ideological divides—left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians—one pervasive belief dominates: humans are inherently selfish and self-interested. This idea, rooted deeply in Western philosophy and propagated by figures like Machiavelli, Hobbes, Freud, and Dawkins, influences the narratives we encounter daily and the laws governing us.

However, "Humankind" by Rutger Bregman challenges this longstanding notion. In his compelling work, Bregman urges us to reconsider this perspective and suggests that seeing people as inherently good is not just revolutionary, but realistic. He argues that negative assumptions about human nature adversely affect both politics and economics, leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Through re-examining well-known studies and historical events from the last 200,000 years, Bregman offers a fresh view. From the real-life parallels to "Lord of the Flies" during the Blitz, to Siberian fox domestication experiments, to the infamous New York murder case and psychological experiments like the Milgram shock experiment and the Stanford prison experiment, he demonstrates how a belief in human kindness and altruism can form the basis for societal transformation. It is time to rethink human nature.