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

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined



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ISBN: 1101544643, 9781101544648
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Publisher: Viking


In The Better Angels of Our Nature, psychologist Steven Pinker stakes out a boldly optimistic view of the world, at a time when his readers are no doubt processing all kinds of bad news. I have always enjoyed listening to Dr Steven Pinker (who actually earned a real doctorate degree from a real university). My favourite book right now is the 802 page work by Harvard Professor of Psychology, Steven Pinker – The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined. "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined" Steven Pinker. I started this book 99.5% sure I'm just going to tell you what's wrong with this book and Pinker's thesis that violence has declined over time. In The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, Steven Pinker tells us that civilization, capitalism and the state have made us less violent. I just finished reading his Better Angels of Our Nature: Why violence has declined. That's the arresting claim made by Harvard University cognitive neuroscientist Steven Pinker in his new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker did not write his grand book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined with the purpose of bringing aid to sufferers from ethical skepticism. This title is available on Netgalley. Stanford University recently hosted Steven Pinker speaking about his most recent book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined eBook: Steven Pinker: Amazon.es: Tienda Kindle. Steven Pinker's new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, is a propaganda windfall for the leaders and supporters of the U.S. Straining “This book is about what may be the most important thing that has ever happened in human history,” he boldly asserts, and then continues: “Violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence.”. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Steven Pinker Viking On Sale: October 4, 2011. Review of “The Better Angels of Our Nature” by Steven Pinker.