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The Better Angels of Our Nature

Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

Discover a groundbreaking examination of human history in this thought-provoking work. Despite the negative news cycle, bestselling author Steven Pinker argues that we may be living in our most peaceful era. Pinker explodes common myths about inherent human violence, and highlights long-term trends of declining violence across time. Interwoven with psychology and history, this book provides a vision of an increasingly enlightened and peaceful world.
Publish Date
2012-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
2012-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2010
Goodreads Rating
4.16
ISBN
8601300108858
Recommendations
10
Recommendations
One of the most important books I’ve read—not just this year, but ever.      source
When you finish The Better Angels of Our Nature, which takes a long time, you conclude that the world is in a much, much better place than it has been in the past.      source
I recommend anything by this author. He’s one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time.      source
Encouraged the better side of ourselves.      source
One of my favorite recent books.      source
2022-05-26T17:42:12.000Z
@JoshPhillipsPhD @profjmb I might phrase it slightly different, but, yeah. Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham has written some great books on the topic of male violence. And Steven Pinker's 'Better angels' is still highly relevant, in terms of how violence got tamed historically.      source
Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization      source
The books I've given most as a gift.      source
Takes a long view and shows the long-term decline in violence that has occurred.      source