The best in us: Why violence in the world has decreased
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Faced with the endless stream of news about wars, crime and terrorism, it is easy to believe that we live in the worst period in the history of mankind. But Stephen Pinker shows in his amazing and exciting book that in fact everything is exactly the opposite: for millennia, violence has been reduced, and we, in all likelihood, have been living in the very peacetime in the history of our species. In the past of the war, slavery, detonation, cruelty to children, murders, pogroms, crippling punishments, bloody clashes and manifestations of genocide were commonplace. But in our reality, the pinker proves (including with the help of hundreds of graphs and cards) that all these types of violence have been significantly reduced and everywhere are more and more condemned by society. How did this happen?
In this revolutionary work, the Pinker explores the depths of human nature and, combining the story with psychology, draws an amazing picture of the world, which is increasingly abandoning violence. The author helps to understand our confusing motives - the internal demons that include us to violence, and the good angels indicating the opposite path - and also trace how a change in living conditions has helped our good angels take the upper hand. Delassing the fatalistic myths that violence is an inalienable property of human civilization, and the time we live in is cursed, this bold and touching for a living book will undoubtedly cause hot disputes in the offices of politicians and scientists and in the homes of ordinary readers, Since she questions and changes our views on society
In this revolutionary work, the Pinker explores the depths of human nature and, combining the story with psychology, draws an amazing picture of the world, which is increasingly abandoning violence. The author helps to understand our confusing motives - the internal demons that include us to violence, and the good angels indicating the opposite path - and also trace how a change in living conditions has helped our good angels take the upper hand. Delassing the fatalistic myths that violence is an inalienable property of human civilization, and the time we live in is cursed, this bold and touching for a living book will undoubtedly cause hot disputes in the offices of politicians and scientists and in the homes of ordinary readers, Since she questions and changes our views on society
Author:
Author:Pinker Stephen
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Phylosophy
- Category:Reference books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00139-171-5
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