The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
Discover a groundbreaking examination of human history in this thought-provoking work. Despite the negative news cycle, bestselling author Steven Pinker argues that we may be living in our most peaceful era. Pinker explodes common myths about inherent human violence, and highlights long-term trends of declining violence across time. Interwoven with psychology and history, this book provides a vision of an increasingly enlightened and peaceful world.
Publish Date
2012-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
2012-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2010
Goodreads Rating
4.16
ISBN
8601300108858
Recommendations
10
Recommendations
2015-01-18T08:00:00.000Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg_book_clubWhen you finish The Better Angels of Our Nature, which takes a long time, you conclude that the world is in a much, much better place than it has been in the past. – source
I recommend anything by this author. He’s one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time. – source
2022-05-26T17:42:12.000Z
@JoshPhillipsPhD @profjmb I might phrase it slightly different, but, yeah.
Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham has written some great books on the topic of male violence. And Steven Pinker's 'Better angels' is still highly relevant, in terms of how violence got tamed historically. – sourceTakes a long view and shows the long-term decline in violence that has occurred. – source