Sapiens Book Yuval Noah Harari
Why we are the way we are.
Sapiens book yuval noah harari. And what may happen to us. Human cultures began to take shape about 70 000 years ago. קיצור תולדות האנושות ḳitsur toldot ha enoshut is a book by yuval noah harari first published in hebrew in israel in 2011 based on a series of lectures harari taught at the hebrew university of jerusalem and in english in 2014. Sapiens is a brave and bracing look at a species that is mostly in denial about the long road to now and the crossroads it is rapidly approaching.
Right now that book is sapiens by yuval noah harari. An up to date set of references can be found on this page. Yuval noah harari sapiens the writing style reminds me a bit of bob wright s the moral animal. The book surveys the history of humankind from the evolution of archaic human species in the.
It s easy to see why yuval noah harari devotes 95 of his book to us as a species. The new science of evolutionary psychology mann s 1491. It covers everything from why sapiens ended up on top relative to other hominids to gender roles the agricultural revolution the history of currency empire and capitalism. The first edition of the novel was published in 2011 and was written by yuval noah harari.
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach but dr. This is my book summary of sapiens by yuval noah harari. A brief history of humankind pdf epub book. In sapiens a brief history of humankind yuval noah harari provides sources for some of the information cited he is committed to adding to this list on an ongoing basis to cover as much of the book as possible.
The book was published in multiple languages including english consists of 443 pages and is available in paperback format. It is obviously a book directed at non academics interested in big history. Free download or read online sapiens. So a book whose main title is sapiens shouldn t be subtitled a brief history of humankind.
The book is incredibly ambitious. It covers the history of humanity starting with modern cognition. What happened to the others. Yet today there is only one homo sapiens.
The main characters of this non fiction history story are. Show 0 comments 1 1 sapiens by yuval noah harari. A brief history of humankind hebrew. My notes are informal and often contain quotes from the book as well as my own thoughts.