The organizing fulcrum of “Lessons” is an attempt to address the crisis of liberal democracy, which Harari considers the optimal type of regime for confronting the challenges of the modern world.
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Yuval Noah Harari rebuffs Israeli consulate event in protest of new Israeli laws Yuval Noah Harari: Netanyahu's government threatens foundations of Israel's liberal democracy The cover of the English edition of '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' Gates also did his bit to promote Harari’s subsequent books: “Homo Deus” appeared on his recommended summer reading list for 2017, and this year he wrote a rave review of “Lessons” in The New York Times. The business magazine Fast Company called him “Silicon Valley’s favorite historian” Mark Zuckerberg boosted his fame when he included “Sapiens” in the Facebook book club and blurbs from President Barack Obama and Bill Gates graced the book’s cover. It’s no wonder, then, that the liberal elites hastened to embrace Harari. In “Sapiens,” Harari depicted this rule as the realization of a utopian vision, of a global empire ruled by an international elite that ensures peace within its borders – world peace, in other words.
However, the focus on the present makes it possible – more than in his previous books – to uncover Harari’s guiding political logic, which is chiefly to restore the rule of the “liberal elites.” Readers already familiar with Harari’s ideas won’t find much that is new in “Lessons,” as large portions of the book are a recycling of his earlier works. The first two books dealt with the past and the future, and now Harari wants “to zoom in on the here and now,” particularly the here and now that includes the rise of populism, support for Brexit and Donald Trump’s election victory. In his new book, “21 Lessons for the 21st Century,” Yuval Noah Harari rides the wave of success of his two bestsellers – “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” (Hebrew, 2011 English, 2014), which made him an international superstar and “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” (Hebrew, 2015 English, 2016).
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