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Every book Rutger Bregman recommended on podcasts
Rutger Bregman appeared on Modern Wisdom to discuss human nature, historical misconceptions, and behavioral studies. During the episode, Bregman brought up William Golding's famous novel Lord of the Flies, examining how it has come to represent a cynical view of human nature in the twentieth century, particularly within Anglo-Saxon educational systems. To further illustrate political dynamics and social behavior, Bregman referenced Frans de Waal's book Chimpanzee Politics, noting how the author studied primates in Dutch zoos and compared their behavior to human political structures. Additionally, Bregman discussed S.L.A. Marshall's book Men Against Fire to explore statistics and combat behavior among soldiers during the Second World War.
Books recommended by Rutger Bregman
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Chimpanzee Politics
Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal is a groundbreaking primatology book that examines the complex social strategies, power struggles, and alliance-building behaviors of chimpanzees and their striking parallels to human political systems.
Discussed“France - Wow you know he's my fellow Dutch man he's a primatologist and he's been studying chimpanzees and bonobos now for decades and in the 80s I believe he wrote a book called chimpanzee politics in which he described sort of all the politics of zoo in the Netherlands and he compared it to US Congress”
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel examining human nature and the descent into savagery among a group of stranded schoolboys.
Discussed“and now one of the sort of the most famous manifestations of this idea in the 20th century was this novel Lord of the Flies that you know especially people in the anglo-saxon world in the US and the UK you know so many people have read it or were forced to read it for a school write this story”
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Men Against Fire
Men Against Fire by S.
Discussed“his name was SLA marshal he read a book about this men against fire and he discovered that the majority of the soldiers didn't shoot”
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Books Rutger Bregman wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Humankind: Are We Good Or Evil? - Rutger Bregman - #181 | Modern Wisdom | 2020-06-08 | 3 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and again I was really lucky because it was about to promote my new book sure to my previous book utopia for realists and I was about to go on a book tour in Australia”