Sapiens
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Descripción editorial
Pred 100.000 leti je Zemljo naseljevalo vsaj šest človeku sorodnih vrst. Bile so nepomembne živali, ki na svetu niso imele nič večjega vpliva kot gorile, kresnice ali meduze. Danes je na Zemlji samo še ena človeška vrsta. Mi. Homo sapiens. Naš vpliv na Zemljo pa je tako silen, da znanstveniki razmišljajo, da bi to dobo poimenovali kar antropocen. Postali smo vladarji sveta. Kako smo zavladali našemu planetu? Kako je prednikom uspelo, da so se zbrali v tako velike skupnosti, ustanovili mesta, kraljevine, cesarstva? Kako smo začeli verjeti v bogove, narode in človekove pravice; zakaj zaupamo denarju, knjigam in zakonom? In zakaj smo postali sužnji birokracije, potrošništva in iskanja sreče? Kakšna je torej prihodnost naše nemirne vrste? Yuval Noah Harari (1976) je doktoriral na Oxfordski univerzi in je profesor svetovne zgodovine v Jeruzalemu. Nad njegovo prodorno knjigo Sapiens smo se navdušili uredniki po vsem svetu in jo želimo deliti z bralci, saj je to ena tistih knjig, ki postavlja prava vprašanja in nam odpira oči.
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Writing with wit and verve, Harari, professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attempts to explain how Homo sapiens came to be the dominant species on Earth as well as the sole representative of the human genus. He notes that from roughly two million years ago until about 10,000 years ago, we were not the only humans on the planet; many species preceded us, and some overlapped our tenure. Harari argues persuasively that three revolutions explain our current situation. The first, the cognitive revolution, occurred approximately 70,000 years ago and gave us "fictive" language, enabling humans to share social constructs as well as a powerful "imagined reality" that led to complex social systems. The second, the agricultural revolution, occurred around 12,000 years ago and allowed us to settle into permanent communities. The third, the scientific revolution, began around 500 years ago and allowed us to better understand and control our world. Throughout, Harari questions whether human progress has led to increased human happiness, concluding that it's nearly impossible to show that it has. Harari is provocative and entertaining but his expansive scope only allows him to skim the surface.
