History for Tomorrow - How The Past Can Inspire Our Future

Essential thinking about the big issues facing the world today

Info autore

Roman Krznaric is a social philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to create change. His internationally bestselling books, including The Good Ancestor, Empathy, and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than twenty-five languages. He is Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing and founder of the world’s first Empathy Museum.

After growing up in Sydney and Hong Kong, Roman studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where he gained his PhD in political science. His writings have been widely influential amongst political and ecological campaigners, education reformers, social entrepreneurs and designers. An acclaimed public speaker, his talks and workshops have taken him from a London prison to the TED global stage.

Roman is a member of the Club of Rome and a Research Fellow of the Long Now Foundation. He previously worked as an academic, a gardener and a human rights campaigner. He is also a fanatical player of the medieval sport of real tennis.

Relazione

Brimming with ideas and insights, this is a welcome, important and clear-eyed view of how understanding the past can help us better prepare for the future Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Roman Krznaric, Krznaric Roman
• Editore: Allen Lane
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.07.2025
• EAN: 9780753559642
• ISBN: 978-0-7535-5964-2
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 199 mm x 23 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social forecasting, future studies, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology