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Humankind
- A Hopeful History
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd, Rutger Bregman
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents Humankind by Rutger Bregman, read by Rutger Bregman and Thomas Judd.
The Sunday Times best seller.
A Guardian, Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times summer listen.
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. 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.
Humankind 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 Homo sapiens. By thinking the worst of others, we bring out the worst in our politics and economics too.
In this major book, internationally best-selling 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 Lord of the Flies 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.
Critic Reviews
"Never dewy-eyed, wistful or naive, Rutger Bregman makes a wholly robust and convincing case for believing - despite so much apparent evidence to the contrary - that we are not the savage, irredeemably greedy, violent and rapacious species we can be led into thinking ourselves to be. Hugely, highly and happily recommended." (Stephen Fry)
"Rutger Bregman’s extraordinary new book is a revelation.... Humankind is masterful in its grasp of history, both ancient and modern." (Susan Cain, author of Quiet)
"Cynicism is a theory of everything, but, as Rutger Bregman brilliantly shows, an elective one. This necessary book widens the aperture of possibility for a better future, and radically." (David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth)
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- Omshivaprakash
- 06-10-23
Perspective - Outcome - Reality
Perspective - outcome - reality. I read it like a novel, a journey into humans brutal history & experiments on self from all over the world.
A must read!
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- Anonymous User
- 26-10-20
A new perspective to life
A transformed definition of realism, this book reveals how sub-consciously we have been viewing the human race and its survival awry. What it also tells is that science cannot succeed without the incorporation of the human aspects in any study. The reason is simple- you cannot derive what you don't know if you don't add up what you do. Finally, framing of information and its varied effects are what will stay with you once the book is complete. They'll make you cogitate on where you consume information from, how you do it, but most importantly, what your expectations from it are. This book is a must-read even if your conclusions might differ.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-21
Must read for everyone.
Loved it ! it's extremely inspirational.
really a great book and very well read in audible
thanks
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- Rashi Agrawal
- 09-03-21
Just what you need to read to cleanse your soul
I am so glad for this positive and hopeful message - I have tried to implement many of the strategies Bregman talks about as I was reading the book and I notice how changing perspective changes outcomes .
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- Hari Prasad AS
- 10-06-23
Excellent work
I enjoyed listening this audio book, it contained well researched information, presented in a very interesting manner.
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- Navneet Nair
- 21-03-21
Really good. Must read...
Human Kind - Rutger Bregman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Amazing book. Want to give it an extra star! Two books I would recommend to everyone are this and Adam Grant's 'Give and Take'. The basis of the book simply is that kindness is a basic human quality and we are more good than bad.
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- Suman Kumar Sahoo
- 08-12-23
One of the most interesting read of my life so far
This book is not a book of hope, but it’s a scientific study of the human experience and interpreting it in a different light altogether. The simplicity of narration by the author to breakdown such complex anthropological concepts and introduce a revolutionary concept, is indeed well carried out.
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- Cyril V Alex
- 25-12-21
The antithesis of today's world view.
This book needs to be reviewed critically, studied and tested in every culture. It looks like some ancient wisdom being retold with hard evidence and compelling citations. Great read.
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- Alex Reginald Natal
- 08-09-22
A healthy diet for the cynic in you!
Great book with amazing narration. As a cynic or realist, I found some examples too good for general assumptions but loved the overall tone of the book. Sometimes it feels good to read/hear a book which just makes you feel good again.
Highly recommended!
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- DR.R. KARUNAKARAN
- 24-06-20
The most optimistic book I've ever read
This is a brilliant read, where the author aims to change our cynical view that humans are fundamentally selfish and bad. He has done a lot of in-depth research to support his arguments, and presents ideas for the future as well. A must read for people from all walks of life, as this book addresses a topic concerning all of us.
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