An Analysis Of Steven Pinkers The Better Angels Of Our Nature
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Author |
: Steven Pinker |
Publisher |
: Penguin Books |
Total Pages |
: 834 |
Release |
: 2012-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143122012 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143122010 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Better Angels of Our Nature by : Steven Pinker
Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling author Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true.
Author |
: Joulia Smortchkova |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 104 |
Release |
: 2017-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351351171 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351351176 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Analysis of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature by : Joulia Smortchkova
Reasoning is the critical thinking skill concerned with the production of arguments: making them coherent, consistent, and well-supported; and responding to opposing positions where necessary. The Better Angels of Our Nature offers a step-by-step class in precisely these skills. Author Steven Pinker's central thesis is simple: mankind has become increasingly less violent over the centuries, and will continue to do so. Pinker is aware, though, that many people instinctively believe the opposite, and Better Angels is devoted to marshalling data to support and illustrate this central argument, as well as a series of secondary arguments about how and why humanity has become less violent. Pinker's interpretative skills – understanding the meaning of the complex evidence from history – are also on display throughout, as he tackles the ambiguities of his data, the problems it presents, and the viable inferences one can draw from it.
Author |
: Philip Dwyer |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2021-09-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781350140592 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1350140597 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Darker Angels of Our Nature by : Philip Dwyer
Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Steven Pinker and the Nature of Violence in History Philip Dwyer and Mark Micale -- Part One: Interpretations -- 2. The Inner Demons of The Better Angels of Our Nature Dan Smail -- 3. The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Writing the History of Violence Dag Lindström -- 4. Progress and Its Contradictions: Human Rights, Inequality, and Violence Eric D. Weitz -- 5. Pinker's Technocratic Neoliberalism, and Why It Matters David Bell -- 6. Steven Pinker, Norbert Elias and the 'Civilizing Process' Philip Dwyer and Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen -- Part Two: Periods -- 7. Steven Pinker's 'Prehistoric Anarchy': A Bioarchaeological Critique Linda Fibiger -- 8. Getting Medieval on Steven Pinker: Violence and Medieval England Sara M. Butler -- 9. History, Violence and the Enlightenment Philip Dwyer -- Part Three: Places -- 10. The Complexity of History: Russia and Steven Pinker's Thesis Nancy Kollmann -- 11. Necrology of Angels: Violence in Japanese History as a Lens of Critique Michael Wert -- 12. The 'Moral Effect' of Legalized Lawlessness: British Imperial Violence and the Middle East Caroline Elkins -- Part Four: Themes -- 13. A History of Violence and Indigeneity: Pinker and the Native Americas Matthew Restall -- 14. The Rise and Rise of Sexual Violence Joanna Bourke -- 15. The Better Angels of Which Nature? Violence and Environmental History in the Modern World Corey Ross -- 16. On Cool Reason and Hot-Blooded Impulses? Violence and the History of Emotion Susan K. Morrissey -- Part Five: Coda 17. Pinker and Contemporary Historical Consciousness Mark Micale -- Bibliography -- Index.
Author |
: Steven Pinker |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 578 |
Release |
: 2018-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780698177888 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0698177886 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Enlightenment Now by : Steven Pinker
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR "My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality. Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature--tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking--which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.
Author |
: Bear F. Braumoeller |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190849535 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190849533 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Only the Dead by : Bear F. Braumoeller
In Only the Dead, Bear Braumoeller assesses the claim that armed conflict is in decline and finds it wanting. In the course of his assessment, he also develops a powerful explanation for trends in warfare over time. His central finding is that, although there has been a drop in the rate of international conflict following the end of the Cold War, that drop followed nearly two centuries of steady increases in the rate of conflict initiation.
Author |
: Steven Pinker |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 673 |
Release |
: 2009-06-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393334777 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393334775 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis How the Mind Works by : Steven Pinker
Explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life.
Author |
: David Edmonds |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2015-11-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473933484 |
ISBN-13 |
: 147393348X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Big Ideas in Social Science by : David Edmonds
Are human beings less violent than before? Why do we adopt certain moral and political judgements? Why is the gap between rich and poor getting bigger? How do we decide which criminal policies are effective? What is the Population Challenge for the 21st Century? What is social science? In Big Ideas in Social Science, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton put these and more of our society’s burning questions to 18 of the world’s leading social scientists including Steven Pinker, Ann Oakley, Lawrence Sherman, Kate Pickett, Robert J. Shiller and Doreen Massey. The result is a collection of thought-provoking discussions that span the fields of sociology, politics, economics, criminology, geography and many more.From the people who brought us the Philosophy Bites series, Big Ideas in Social Science is a fascinating and accessible introduction to the key ideas and findings of the social sciences. The interviews for this book are based on a series of podcasts, Social Science Bites, sponsored by SAGE. Social Science Bites was inspired by the popular Philosophy Bites podcast (www.philosophybites.com), which was founded by David and Nigel in 2007 and has so far had 26 million downloads. Philosophy Bites has spawned three books, Philosophy Bites, Philosophy Bites Back and Philosophy Bites Again.
Author |
: Rick Remender |
Publisher |
: Image Comics |
Total Pages |
: 139 |
Release |
: 2017-10-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781534307087 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1534307087 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Low Vol. 4: Outer Aspects Of Inner Attitudes by : Rick Remender
Tajo returns to her family home on Salus, to find a city on the brink of devastation. There is no food, no air, no hope for mankind's last great dome city. Now, Tajo must band together with IO, a man carrying a secret millennia old, and Mertali, a brave mermaid from the gladiator pits of Poluma, to fight for a better future for everyone. But death stalks the desolate streets of Salus, a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to see the city drown in its own blooda killer that Tajo created, and now must face again one final time. Collects LOW #16-19
Author |
: Steven Pinker |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2014-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780698170308 |
ISBN-13 |
: 069817030X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sense of Style by : Steven Pinker
“Charming and erudite," from the author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now, "The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem.” —Time.com Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing—and why should we care? From the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now. In this entertaining and eminently practical book, the cognitive scientist, dictionary consultant, and New York Times–bestselling author Steven Pinker rethinks the usage guide for the twenty-first century. Using examples of great and gruesome modern prose while avoiding the scolding tone and Spartan tastes of the classic manuals, he shows how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right. The Sense of Style is for writers of all kinds, and for readers who are interested in letters and literature and are curious about the ways in which the sciences of mind can illuminate how language works at its best.
Author |
: Dacher Keltner |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2010-01-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393076851 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393076857 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness by : Dacher Keltner
Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness. Where once science painted humans as self-seeking and warlike, today scientists of many disciplines are uncovering the deep roots of human goodness. At the forefront of this revolution in scientific understanding is the Greater Good Science Center, based at the University of California, Berkeley. The center fuses its cutting-edge research with inspiring stories of compassion in action in Greater Good magazine. The best of these writings are collected here, and contributions from Steven Pinker, Robert Sapolsky, Paul Ekman, Michael Pollan, and the Dalai Lama, among others, will make you think not only about what it means to be happy and fulfilled but also what it means to lead an ethical and compassionate life.