The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Pinker, Steven

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670022950
ISBN-13
9780670022953
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109011609

Product Key Features

Book Title
Better Angels of Our Nature
Number of Pages
832 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Personality, Violence in Society, Political Ideologies / General, Social Psychology
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Science, Psychology
Author
Steven Pinker
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
42 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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LCCN
2011-015201
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The
Reviews
" ... Better Angels is a monumental achievement. His book should make it much harder for pessimists to cling to their gloomy vision of the future. Whether war is an ancient adaptation or a pernicious cultural infection, we are learning how to overcome it." - Slate.com, ... Better Angels is a monumental achievement. His book should make it much harder for pessimists to cling to their gloomy vision of the future. Whether war is an ancient adaptation or a pernicious cultural infection, we are learning how to overcome it., "For anyone interested in human nature, the material is engrossing, and when the going gets heavy, Pinker knows how to lighten it with ironic comments and a touch of humor ... a supremely important book. To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achievement." - The New York Times Book Review "...an extraordinary range of research ... a masterly effort." - The Wall Street Journal " ... Better Angels is a monumental achievement. His book should make it much harder for pessimists to cling to their gloomy vision of the future. Whether war is an ancient adaptation or a pernicious cultural infection, we are learning how to overcome it." -Slate.com, For anyone interested in human nature, the material is engrossing, and when the going gets heavy, Pinker knows how to lighten it with ironic comments and a touch of humor ... a supremely important book. To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achievement., "For anyone interested in human nature, the material is engrossing, and when the going gets heavy, Pinker knows how to lighten it with ironic comments and a touch of humor ... a supremely important book. To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achievement." - The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
303.609
Synopsis
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year The author of The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence. Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, assassinations, pogroms, gruesome punishments, deadly quarrels, and genocide were ordinary features of life. But today, Pinker shows (with the help of more than a hundred graphs and maps) all these forms of violence have dwindled and are widely condemned. How has this happened? This groundbreaking book continues Pinker's exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly nonviolent world. The key, he explains, is to understand our intrinsic motives- the inner demons that incline us toward violence and the better angels that steer us away-and how changing circumstances have allowed our better angels to prevail. Exploding fatalist myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious and provocative book is sure to be hotly debated in living rooms and the Pentagon alike, and will challenge and change the way we think about our society.
LC Classification Number
HM1116.P57 2011

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