The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
806 pages
|Published: 4 Oct 2010
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ISBN: 9780143122012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication date: 25 September 2012
Description
Believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence. 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. Exploding myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious book continues Pinker's exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly enlightened world.
