Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind PDF - Overview
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 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 2015. The book, focusing on Homo sapiens, surveys the history of humankind, starting from the Stone Age and going up to the twenty-first century.
Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind book has gathered mixed reviews. While it was positively received by the general public, scholars with relevant subject matter expertise have been very critical of its scientific and historical claims. Harari’s work situates its account of human history within a framework: he sees the natural sciences as setting the limits of possibility for human activity and sees the social sciences as shaping what happens within those bounds.
Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind
Contents of Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Timeline of History
Part One The Cognitive Revolution
- An Animal of No Significance
- The Tree of Knowledge
- A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve
- The Flood
Part Two The Agricultural Revolution
- History’s Biggest Fraud
- Building Pyramids
- Memory Overload
- There is No Justice in History
Part Three The Unification of Humankind
- The Arrow of History
- The Scent of Money
- Imperial Visions
- The Law of Religion
- The Secret of Success
Part Four The Scientific Revolution
- The Discovery of Ignorance
- The Marriage of Science and Empire
- The Capitalist Creed
- The Wheels of Industry
- A Permanent Revolution
- And They Lived Happily Ever After
- The End of Homo Sapiens
- Afterword
- The Animal that Became a God
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Image credits
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