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  The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes (Paperback) By (author) Steven Pinker

  

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  Short Description for The Better Angels of Our NatureDo 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 a...
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  • Publisher: ALLEN LANE
  • Published: 06 October 2011
  • Format: Paperback 800 pages
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  • Categories: Psychology | Warfare & Defence | Science: General Issues | General & World History | Military History
  • ISBN 13: 9781846140945 ISBN 10: 1846140943
  • Sales rank: 2,866

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Full description for The Better Angels of Our Nature

• 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.