29157YuvalNoahHarariYouKnowHowSapiensFabricatedOur
Q&@
BRIEF HISTORY
OF MANKIND AS
A RARE BOOK: THRILLING
AND BREATHTAKING! Full of shocking
and wondrous stories: about 100.000 years (or ages?) ago,
@ least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one!
US! Homo sapiens: how did our species succeed in that battle for dominance?
Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities & kingdoms? How did we
come to believe in all kinds of god(es)s(es), nations & human rights? Ànd whàt wìll our world be like
ìn the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging & provocative, h. sapiens challenges everything we thought
we knew about 'being human': our thoughts, our actions, our power ... and our future ... 'Interesting & provocative ...
It gives us a sense of perspective on how briefly we've bèèn on thìs earth?', writes BO! Sapiens s a starburst of a book,
as enjoyable as it is stimulating! Fire gave us POWER. Gossip helped us COOPERATE. Agriculture made us hungry for MORE?
Mythology maintained law & order. Money gave us something we could really trust. Contradictions created culture & science made us much more deadly: YuNoHa's "S" ìs the thrilling account of our extraordinary history - from insignificant apes to rulers of the world ...
Sapiens: a brief history of humankind; "I encourage all of us, whatever our beliefs, to question the basic narratives of our world,
to connect past developments with present concerns, and not to be afraid of controversial issues!"
YuNoHa has a PhD in History & now lectures @ Yerushalayim, specialising in World History.
His research focuses on broad questions, such as:
what is the relation between history & biology?
Ìs there justice in history?
Did people become happier as history unfolded?
Published in more than 30 languages ...
Asih, man, 80 jaar
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