Humankind - A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Humankind - A Hopeful History by Rutger BregmanTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford'Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective' Yuval Noah HarariIt's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians.

but if she wants to push through her reforms

Edelman EMEA and author of Trust me

is grief-stricken and bewildered

the vitality of his comedy and the darkness of his vision recall the work of masters of the genre like Flannery O’Connor and William Trevor

and Joyce's obsession with the city of Dublin

The systems that we have put in place to manage our mortality are manifestly failing

for a time

Passionate and exhilarating

suppressed cultural expression

there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words

She meets other writers for dinner

its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness