The Better Angels Of Our Nature The Decline Of Violence In History And Its Causes

Author: Steven Pinker

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Price : $15.00 NZD
ISBN : 9781846140945
Publisher : Penguin Books, Limited
Imprint : Allen Lane
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Weight (g) : 0.81
Publication date : 01 June 2011
Dimensions : 5 Centimeters X 15.4 Centimeters X 23 Centimeters
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Do we really care about each other less than we did in the past? This myth-destroying book shows that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less, not more, violent from prehistory to today. Even the twentieth century, commonly perceived as the most brutal, is part of this trend. Debunking both the idea of the 'noble savage', and the Hobbesian notion of a 'nasty, brutish and short' life, and ranging over everything from the Enlightenment to warfare, art to religion, Steven Pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions is actually making us better people.

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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012

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