'The message of this book is both highly liberating and optimistic', Rory Sutherland
Drawing on six decades of pioneering research and a sweeping reexamination of the last 2500 years-from Periclean Athens and the Hebrew Torah to the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Civil Rights Movement-Martin Seligman shows how rises and falls in agency have steered the course of history.
Agency is the big idea for our times: when individuals have confidence, optimism and imagination, civilizations leap forward. In their absence, societies stagnate-no matter how rich their resources or how brilliant their citizens.
This remarkable book shows how individuals can act with agency and, with a clear-eyed view of an AI-transformed future, argues that we are entering the next great era of human flourishing.
| ISBN: | 9781399843027 |
| Publication date: | 10th September 2026 |
| Author: | Martin E P Seligman |
| Publisher: | John Murray an imprint of John Murray Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
Psychology Cognitivism, cognitive theory Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints History Philosophy |
'The message of this book is both highly liberating and optimistic', Rory SutherlandDrawing on six decades of pioneering research and a sweeping reexamination of the last 2500 years-from Periclean Athens and the Hebrew Torah to the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Civil Rights Movement-Martin Seligman shows how rises and falls in agency have steered the course of history.Agency is the big idea for our times: when individuals have confidence, optimism and imagination, civilizations leap forward. In their absence, societies stagnate-no matter how rich their resources or how brilliant their citizens.This remarkable book shows how individuals can act with agency and, with a clear-eyed view of an AI-transformed future, argues that we are entering the next great era of human flourishing.
Agency features in the following genres: Psychology, Cognitivism, cognitive theory, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, History, Philosophy
Hardback. £22.50, down from the £25.00 cover price. In Stock.
Agency was written by Martin E P Seligman and published by John Murray an imprint of John Murray Press
Agency has 368 pages
£22.50, reduced from £25.00. In Stock.