The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined . Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined


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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Steven Pinker
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It's fitting that I read Hans Morgenthau's “Scientific Man vs Great Power Politics” beforehand, because Steve Pinker's “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined” is almost its diametric opposite. But judging by Pinker's latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, he's also not a cynical pessimist. This old colonial idea was first popularly resurrected by Steven Pinker, not Diamond, so it's time to peruse the former's book, The Better Angels of Our Nature. Pinker's objective is to persuade the reader that, contrary to what we may instinctively feel, violence has declined over time. At least, not if you're interested in decreasing human violence (592). Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist and one of the world's foremost writers on language, mind, and human nature. Currently His most recent book is The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. "The Better Angels is a monumental achievement. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Two weeks ago The Boston Globe ran my review of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. I battled my way through Better Angels. His book should make it much harder for pessimists to cling to their gloomy vision of the future. So begins Steven Pinker's latest tome: The Better Angels of Our Nature.