Descripción
Homo Deus, a look into our future.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century is an exploration of our present.
How can we protect ourselves from nuclear wars, ecological cataclysms, or disruptive technologies? What can we do against the spread of post-truth or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? With the same intelligent, fresh, and provocative prose, Harari returns to bookstores with a new title, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, in which he examines some of the most pressing issues of our present. The golden thread running through this stimulating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of the constant and disorienting change we are experiencing.
Are we still capable of understanding the world we have created?
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In Sapiens, he explored our past; in Homo Deus he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues. Religion, terrorism, war, politics, fake news, human migration, the environment, nationalism. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing investigation into the big subjects that we are confronting on a daily basis in the media and in our lives, and the issues of crucial importance to understand as we move into the unchartered territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, terrorism and fundamentalism rise, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari makes sense of it all and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves if we are to survive. In 21 accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, he provides advice on how to think about these topics and how to act in order to prepare for a future unlike anything we can dream of. Few writers of nonfiction have captured the imaginations of millions of readers in quite the astonishing way Harari has managed. His unique ability to look at where we have come from and where we are going has gained him fans from every corner of the globe. There is an immediacy and accessibility to this new book that makes it essential reading for anyone interested in navigating the world today.
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher: Debolsillo
Published: 07/21/2020
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781644732717
ISBN10: 1644732718
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- History | Civilization
- Social Science | Future Studies
- History | Social History
About the Author
Yuval Noah Harari (1976) is a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specialized in medieval history and military history, but after earning his Ph.D. in History from the University of Oxford, he moved to the broader field of world history and macrohistorical processes. His books include 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. His book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has been an international success, translated into thirty languages and selling over a million copies.