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020			_a9780143122012
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100			_aPinker, Steven
245			_aBetter angels of our nature : why violence has declined
260			_bPenguin Books, _c2012 _aEngland:
300			_axxviii, 1026 p.' _bill.: _c20 cm.
365			_aINR _b699.00
520			_aThis acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate, argues that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, Steven Pinker shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare - really has declined from prehistory to today. We are much less likely to die at someone else's hands than ever before. Even the horrific carnage of the last century, when compared to the dangers of pre-state societies, is part of this trend. Debunking both the idea of the 'noble savage' and an over-simplistic Hobbesian notion of a 'nasty, brutish and short' life, Steven Pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better people.
650			_aViolence
650			_aPsychological aspects
650			_aSocial aspects
650			_aHuman Prehistory
650			_aHistory
650			_aHebrew Bible
650			_aCivilization
650			_aRevoluttion
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