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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined is a 2011 book by Steven Pinker, in which the author argues that violence in the world has declined both in the long run and in the short run and suggests explanations as to why this has occurred. The book uses data simply documenting declining violence across time and geography. This ...
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In The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, Pinker sketches a large vision: the diminution of human violence, stemming from other forms of progress. His specific purposes are to demonstrate a spectacular long-term decline in person on-person violence as well as a relatively recent reduction in deaths due to war,
Jul 30, 2014 · by PinkerSteven; New York, Penguin Books, 2011, 832 pages. Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature is one of the most ambitious books in recent memory. Encyclopedic in scope, it sets out to demonstrate the bold and counterintuitive thesis that violence has declined over the millennia.
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Sep 25, 2012 · The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined [Pinker, Steven, Morey, Arthur] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
Oct 4, 2011 · The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Kindle Edition. “If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read." The author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now offers a provocative and surprising history of violence.
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Oct 4, 2010 · In his gripping and controversial new work, New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows that despite the ceaseless news about war, crime, and terrorism, violence has actually been in decline over long stretches of history.
Oct 4, 2011 · Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millenia and we may be living in...
