Bregman, Rutger

Summary: 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020

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Bregman, Rutger

Summary: By providing a new historical perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history, Rutger Bregman sets out to prove that we are in fact hard-wired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. And this fact has huge implications for how society functions.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2020

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