by Rutger Bregman · De Correspondent BV · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789082942187
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«De meeste mensen deugen» is the history and philosophy essay by Rutger Bregman, published by De Correspondent BV in paperback (521 pages, in Dutch).
Bregman questions the Western idea that human beings are corrupt and selfish by nature. Using psychology, economics, biology and archaeology, he reviews history to answer why our species triumphed, how to explain the great atrocities and whether we tend toward good or evil. The thesis: most people are good.
The work, published on 13 September 2019, carries the subtitle «Een nieuwe geschiedenis van de mens» and won the Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek 2020.
For readers of history, psychology and philosophy interested in an essay on human nature.
Rutger Christiaan Bregman is a Dutch historian and author.
