著者・編者Rutger Bregman ; translated from the Dutch by Elizabeth Manton and Erica Moore
版First English-language edition
一般注記Content Type: text (rdacontent), still image (rdacontent), cartographic image (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)
First published in 2019 in the Netherlands as De Meeste Mensen Deugen by De Correspondent
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-452) and index
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 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 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 Lord of the Flies to the Blitz, a Siberian fox farm to
Translated from the Dutch
連携機関・データベース国立情報学研究所 : CiNii Research
NACSIS書誌ID(NCID)https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BC09896943 : BC09896943