TY - BOOK AU - Rutger Bregman TI - Humankind: A Hopeful History SN - 9781408898956 U1 - 128 PY - 2021/// CY - Great Britain PB - Bloomsbury Publishing KW - Nonfiction KW - Psychology KW - Science N2 - 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. And its roots sink deep into Western thought: from Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the tacit assumption is that humans are bad. Humankind makes the case for a new argument: that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to assume that people are good. When we think the worst of others, it brings out the worst in our politics and economics too. In this major new history, internationally bestselling author Rutger 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 ER -