The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

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AuthorPinker, Steven
PublisherViking
Bindinghardcover
PublishedOctober 4, 2011
EditionFirst Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages832
ISBN-100670022950
ISBN-139780670022953
Weight2.5 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L		 1.8 in × 6.1 in × 9.3 in

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

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We've All Asked, What Is The World Coming To? But We Seldom Ask, How Bad Was The World In The Past? In This Startling New Book, Cognitive Scientist Steven Pinker Shows That The Past Was Much Worse. Evidence Of A Bloody History Has Always Been Around Us: Genocides In The Old Testament, Gory Mutilations In Shakespeare And Grimm, Monarchs Who Beheaded Their Relatives, And American Founders Who Dueled With Their Rivals. The Murder Rate In Medieval Europe Was More Than...

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We've All Asked, What Is The World Coming To? But We Seldom Ask, How Bad Was The World In The Past? In This Startling New Book, Cognitive Scientist Steven Pinker Shows That The Past Was Much Worse. Evidence Of A Bloody History Has Always Been Around Us: Genocides In The Old Testament, Gory Mutilations In Shakespeare And Grimm, Monarchs Who Beheaded Their Relatives, And American Founders Who Dueled With Their Rivals. The Murder Rate In Medieval Europe Was More Than Thirty Times What It Is Today. Slavery, Sadistic Punishments, And Frivolous Executions Were Common Features Of Life For Millennia, Then Were Suddenly Abolished. How Could This Have Happened, If Human Nature Has Not Changed? Pinker Argues That Thanks To The Spread Of Government, Literacy, Trade, And Cosmopolitanism, We Increasingly Control Our Impulses, Empathize With Others, Debunk Toxic Ideologies, And Deploy Our Powers Of Reason To Reduce The Temptations Of Violence.--from Publisher Description. A Foreign Country -- The Pacification Process -- The Civilizing Process -- The Humanitarian Revolution -- The Long Peace -- The New Peace -- The Rights Revolutions -- Inner Demons -- Better Angels -- On Angels' Wings. Steven Pinker. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 739-771) And Index.


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