'Sapiens-A
Brief History of Humankind'
Book Name:
" Brief history of humankind "
Original
title: קיצור תולדות האנושות
Sapiens-Brief history of humankind book review
Author: Yuval
Noah Harari
Published: 2011
Personal
rating: 4.5/5
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Genre of Book:
Non-fiction
Brief
history of humankind Book Summary:
Just as
James Webb or the Hubble telescope has presented the vastness of the universe
to us, "Yuval Noah Harari" in his famous book "Sapiens-A Brief
History of Humankind" has presented to us the continuity of the creation
and development of human civilization from the beginning of life on this earth
to today. through
In a
practical sense, this book is a mirror to today's mankind, testifying to the
cruelty of the creation and development of today's Homo sapiens.
The
discussion scope of the book is so much that the author has divided the book
into different chapters to maintain the continuity of his writing.
The
continuous evolution from Paleolithic primitive man to today's modern Homo
sapiens.
He divided
them into four parts: intellectual revolution, agricultural revolution, unity
of mankind and scientific revolution.
As the
discussion continues through various branches of biology, sociology, religion,
philosophy, psychology, agriculture, politics, economics, trade, war, and the
rise and fall of plants and animals are not accounted for here!
Born in this
world about 450 million years ago
3800 million
years ago, life was born and about 2.5 million years ago, the first man
appeared.
But in
addition to Homo sapiens, there were human species such as Homo erectus, Homo
Neanderthal, Homo Rudolph's etc. in this world.
But 30,000 years ago, sapiens killed all other
primitive human groups and began to dominate the earth.
However,
Homo Neanderthals were much more advanced and powerful than Homo sapiens.
But their advanced
imagination,
their desire to spread globally,
their adaptability to discover new places and survive has set them apart from
others and has kept them alive to this day.
In search of
food and favorable environment,
it has spread all over the present world, from island to island and even from
Indonesia to Australia.
Lives are
staked to fight the battle of life.
And this is
what made Homo unique from other tribes.
The author
devotes an entire chapter to discussing science and the various ideologies associated
with it.
How Western nations have positioned themselves
on the world stage using science and corporation theory;
The relationship between colonialism, capitalism, industrialization and the
advertising and research funding of science is very well presented in this
chapter.
Democracy, socialism, nationalism,
capitalism etc.
have been termed as one faith or religion.
Similarly, companies, empires, financial systems - all are products of human
collective imagination, the author says.
Besides
all this, money is also a big myth.
A piece of
paper. But it is worth so much because people believe it.
In the
discussion of religion, he drew the conventional monotheistic, polytheistic and
atheistic interpretations.
According to
the author, this success of humans today is behind the conversion of man-made
myths into beliefs and the ability to spread them among a large number of
people.
Only a few
hundred years ago there were no countries on earth. There was an empire then.
At that
time, ethnic groups were identified by the names of empires such as Egyptian,
Roman, Ottoman, British etc.
And now
country-based, race-based nationalism.
And these
myths are associated with different clans, countries, company-based myths and
the history of turning these myths into beliefs and moving the society forward
is the history of human civilization.
Professor
Harari did not get tired after finishing the history.
He focuses
on the present and the present in the future.
The development of civilization, medicine,
education and war situation, even after so much development of humanity, people
could not be happier than before, he explained theoretically and
scientifically.
As a result
of the use of biotechnology, humans are trying to multiply their powers, trying
to gain immortality,
and
Frankenstein's Gilgamesh Prophecy is not omitted to be discussed in that
context.
The best
part of this book that created a stir was the touch of history, the true
history of the creation and evolution of the human race.
And the
biggest criticism as a reader is to highlight the truth theory of history and
research
The author
has expressed a very personal opinion which differs from reader to reader can
make.
But there is
no denying that human beings
This book on
the origin, evolution and expansion of the nation is definitely unique and
readable.
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