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The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity by Steven Pinker (Paperback, 2012)

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Pinker shows that violence within and between societies really has declined, and that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better people. 'Brilliant, mind-altering. Everyone should read this astonishing book' Guardian.

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'Brilliant, mind-altering...Everyone should read this astonishing book' David Runciman, Guardian Contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, Steven Pinker shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare - really has declined from prehistory to today. We are much less likely to die at someone else's hands than ever before. Even the horrific carnage of the last century, when compared to the dangers of pre-state societies, is part of this trend. Debunking both the idea of the 'noble savage' and an over-simplistic Hobbesian notion of a 'nasty, brutish and short' life, Steven Pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better people.

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Publisher
Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780141034645
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117413383

Product Key Features

Subject Area
Sexual Abuse
Author
Steven Pinker
Publication Name
The Better Angels of Our Nature: a History of Violence and Humanity
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Psychology, History
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
1056 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
715g

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Steven Pinker
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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