100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetabl...(展开全部)

100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetabl...(展开全部)

"I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who’s interested in the history and future of our species" (Bill Gates) "Interesting and provocative… It gives you a sense of how briefly we’ve been on this Earth" (Barack Obama) "Jaw dropping from the first word to the last… It may be the best book I’ve ever read" (Chris Evans) "Tackles the biggest questions of history and the modern world…...(展开全部)

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo ...(展开全部)

荷兰新生代杰出思想家，历史学家、作家，曾为《华盛顿邮报》《卫报》撰稿。 荷兰知名记者，曾两次荣获欧洲新闻奖，被《卫报》誉为“荷兰新思想神童”。 曾出版多部关于历史、哲学和经济学的作品，其中《现实主义者的乌托邦》和《人类的善意》荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，被翻译成40多种语言，在全球引发强烈反响。

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 mak...(展开全部)

The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It’s easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world ov...(展开全部)

Part of JRP|Ringer's innovative Documents series, published with Les Presses du Réel and dedicated to critical writings, this publication comprises a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist mapping the development of the curatorial field--from early independent curators in the 1960s and 70s and the experimental institutional programs developed in Europe and the U....(展开全部)