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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Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 1101544643, 9781101544648
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Stephen Pinker • Viking, 2011. Cut to the Chase: This is somewhat of a departure for Pinker, whose earlier works have focused more on language, learning, and neurobiology. Review: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker (2011 book). Both Pinker and It takes only a single page of preamble before he lays out his grisly stall to try and sell us his grislier thesis, which as far as I can understand it, is basically that everyone was once generally violent and horrible (tribal people still are, apparently they are living relics of the past). The Better Angels of our Nature. Stanford University recently hosted Steven Pinker speaking about his most recent book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Pinker's range is extraordinary. For instance, The Better Angels of Our Nature includes the best introduction to brain anatomy that I've read. If you've listened to my shows recently, you know how big a fan of Pinker I am, including his most brilliant work “The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined”. The Better Angels of Our Nature Why Violence Has Declined plot. This old colonial idea was first popularly resurrected by Steven Pinker, not Diamond, so it's time to peruse the former's mighty book, The Better Angels of Our Nature. Two weeks ago The Boston Globe ran my review of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. The Better Angels of our Nature, Stephen Pinker. The Better Angels of Our Nature Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker is a grand and all encompassing study in human violence as well as the trends that the author believes are driving it down. And I can't think of anybody who could have done a better job.