{"product_id":"humankind-a-hopeful-history-by-rutger-bregman","title":"Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE 2025 BBC REITH LECTURER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eDaily Express \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eBook of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e'You should read \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eHumankind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e'Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective' Yuval Noah Harari\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eHumankind \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\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\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eLord of the Flies \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\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\u003eIt is time for a new view of human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eAs the 2025 BBC Reith Lecturer, Rutger Bregman presented 'Moral Revolution', a four part series:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-A Time of Monsters\u003cbr\u003e-How To Start a Moral Revolution\u003cbr\u003e-A Realist's Utopia\u003cbr\u003e-Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eAvailable to listen on BBC Sounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44508131852376,"sku":"9781408898956","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781408898956_1.jpg?v=1785997662","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/humankind-a-hopeful-history-by-rutger-bregman","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}