Rebecca Solnit · 2009
A sociological study of disasters arguing that communities often exhibit altruism and cooperation rather than chaos and selfishness during crises.
Peter Shamshiri recommends it as a counter-narrative to the belief that humans are inherently predatory or selfish when faced with large-scale disasters.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“So for this, I read a really good book by Rebecca Solnit called A Paradise Built in Hell, which is all about disaster sociology. People study large scale disasters…”
Why: The speaker recommends it as a counter-narrative to the idea that humans are inherently selfish or predatory in crises.
Peter Shamshiri, Host on If Books Could KillThe 48 Laws of Power
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