Dr. Yuval Noah Harari lectures at the Department of History, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He originally specialized in medieval history and military history, completing his D.Phil. at the University of Oxford (Jesus College) in 2002, and publishing numerous books and articles, including Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550; The Ultimate Experience: Battlefield Revelations and the Making of Modern War Culture, 1450-2000; “The Concept of ‘Decisive Battles’ in World History”; and “Armchairs, Coffee and Authority: Eye-witnesses and Flesh-witnesses Speak about War, 1100-2000”.
He now specializes in World History and macro-historical processes. His most recent book is titled From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind (originally published in Hebrew under the title A Brief History of Mankind, and now being translated into English and German). The book surveys the entire length of human history, from the evolution of Homo sapiens in Pleistocene East Africa up to the political and technological revolutions of the 21st-century.
The Hebrew edition has become a bestseller in Israel. It has generated much interest both in the academic community and among the general public, and has turned Harari into an instant celebrity. YouTube Video clips of Harari’s lectures on the history of the world have been viewed by tens of thousands of Israelis; and he is currently writing a two-weekly column for Ha’aretz magazine. He is also currently giving an online free course with the same title.
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 sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?
Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem
这本书给我的观感,一言以蔽之,即为“标新立异”。作者结合了自己所涉猎过的许多方面,试图从一个全新的广阔的角度来解读人类史,但由于他的涉猎广而不精,以至于我不得不说,他几乎在任何一方面都做得不好。仅就几个我比较了解的领域而言,作为一个半外行,我仍然能够挑出他...
評分人从哪里来?要到哪里去?这是古今中外哲学家们契而不舍思索的问题。从神创论到达尔文演化论,对第一个问题的解答似已尘埃落定,如今大部分人相信人从猴子演变而来,一小部分人仍坚信人是上帝(神)的独特创造。第二个问题的答案却随着人类社会几何速度的变化发展越发扑朔迷...
評分孟子主张性善论,三字经也有这样的句子,“人之初,性本善”。而当我看完《人类简史》之后,对人 “善”的观点瞬间破灭。 作者尤瓦尔•赫拉利,青年的历史学家。《人类简史》他用简单的语言、真实的历史实例,写出了复杂、难懂又枯燥的人类史。本书讲述了人类对世界...
評分这本书给我的观感,一言以蔽之,即为“标新立异”。作者结合了自己所涉猎过的许多方面,试图从一个全新的广阔的角度来解读人类史,但由于他的涉猎广而不精,以至于我不得不说,他几乎在任何一方面都做得不好。仅就几个我比较了解的领域而言,作为一个半外行,我仍然能够挑出他...
評分以“人类”全体作为考察对象的历史著述,以前也不是没有,不过往往还是受其学科分野限制,要么是讲述人从猿类一路走来的“生物进化史”,要么是关于人类自身组织发展的“社会史”或“文明史”。然而像本书作者赫拉利这样,从智人诞生一路侃到科学革命的,以前倒真没怎么见过。...
大半本在巴爾乾國傢漫長的過境邊檢中看完。前一半有點醍醐灌頂,後半本太囉嗦瞭
评分感覺會成為今年最喜歡的書。作者的敘述視角非常宏大,在這樣的宏大敘事下,講述仍舊條理清晰。有很多顛覆自己既有觀念和思維模式的觀點,非常enlightening。也是自己第一次嘗試新的讀書筆記方法。
评分inspiring ideas. which made me give up buying luxury car and choose a practical car instead.
评分真是腦洞大開,包羅萬象,你想得到的想不到的,跟人類扯得上關係的,都串聯並聯到一起瞭,厲害瞭我的作者。隻是有些部分真的有點無聊啊。內容太多,每位讀者的感受肯定都不同,給我印象最深的反而是接近末尾講到happiness的一段,身外之物帶不來額外的開心,大概就是這個意思。
评分作為pop sci真的很棒啊 曆史簡短有趣 角度又新穎 分析又有條理 最後3.4章略空 沒前麵好 但瑕不掩瑜
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