History for Tomorrow

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 *Enlightening and thrilling. History for Tomorrow tells us who we are and who we could be. * George Monbiot, bestselling author of Regenesis and How Did We Get Into This Mess? *History for Tomorrow simply fizzes with ideas, revealing with startling clarity what human beings have done, and can do, when they organise, cooperate and help each other. Compassionate, insightful and hopeful. * Michael Wood, historian, broadcaster and Professor of Public History, University of Manchester *This joyful and informative book opens our minds and souls, helping us to see with new eyes and to believe in ourselves as a species, so we can meet our predicament with a belief that change really is possible. * Gail Bradbrook, Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion *Essential thinking about the big issues facing the world today * Brian Eno *An amazing feat of synthesis and imagination, weaving together many different strands of world history to make a pattern that can guide us in the present toward a vibrant future. Krznaric’s book is immensely suggestive of positive actions that have track records; they’ve worked before, and in new formulations they can work again. Wise and practical inspiration * Kim Stanley Robinson, author of THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE *A fascinating account of historical moments that could serve as beacons of hope for our own times. * Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg’s Curse *Roman Krznaric has achieved a tour de force with a book that draws unexpected links between a very wide range of historical events from all over the world. This is a uniquely hopeful book, which never romanticizes the past but inspires us to imagine alternative solutions to address the most urgent issues of our time. * Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach, Associate Professor of African Anthropology, University College London *Roman Krznaric turns to the past not for its own sake, but for ours. In his deft hands, case studies suggest how we can do better – learn and be capable – as we face the largest challenges of the present. * Dr Sarah Knott, Sally Reahard Professor of History, Indiana University and author of Mother: An Unconventional History *

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.