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'His book will change the way you see the world ... Pinker's powerful ideas, vivid stories and sparkling prose make this hard to put down' Daily Mail
'May prove to be one of the great books of our time ... he writes like an angel' Economist
Wasn't the twentieth century the most violent in history? In his extraordinary, epic book Steven Pinker shows us that this is wrong, telling the story of humanity in a completely new and unfamiliar way. From why cities make us safer to how books bring about peace, Pinker weaves together history, philosophy and science to examine why we are less likely to die at another's hand than ever before, how it happened and what it tells us about our very natures.
'Masterly, a supremely important book ... For anyone interested in human nature, it is engrossing' The New York Times
'Marvellous ... riveting and myth-destroying' New Statesman
'A marvellous synthesis of science, history and storytelling, written in Pinker's distinctively entertaining and clear personal style ... I was astonished by the extent to which violence has declined in every shape, form and scale' Financial Times
'An outstandingly fruitful read, with fascinating nuggets on almost every page' Sunday Times, Books of the Year
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 802 pages. Steven Pinker's riveting, myth-destroying new book reveals how, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become pr ogressively less violent, over millenia and decades. n nGiven th e images of conflict we see daily on our screens, can violence re ally have declined? And wasn't the twentieth century the most dev astatingly brutal in history? Extraordinarily, however, as Steven Pinker shows, violence within and between societies - both murde r and warfare - really has declined from prehistory to today. We are much less likely to die at someone else's hands than ever bef ore. n nDebunking both the idea of the 'noble savage' and a Hobb esian notion of a 'nasty, brutish and short' life, Steven Pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are making us better people. He ranges over everything from art to religion, i nternational trade to individual table manners, and shows how lif e has changed across the centuries and around the world - not sim ply through the huge benefits of organized government, but also b ecause of the extraordinary power of progressive ideas. Why has t his come about? And what does it tell us about ourselves? It take s one of the world's greatest psychologists to appreciate and exp lain this story, and to show us our very natures. Seller Inventory # 3119y
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Name sticker inside cover. 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. Seller Inventory # 16753786
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