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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Steven Pinker
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Except for the Oklahoma part, this is the thesis of Steven Pinker's book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Why Violence Has Declined. The book is called The Better Angels Of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. REALIST NEWS: Where you don't have to worry about drama. This is a huge book, but as Pinker says, it is a huge subject. No Spam posts and STAY ON TOPIC Previous 1 72 73 74 75 76 338 Next ». Review of “The Better Angels of Our Nature” by Steven Pinker. He says that we are living in the least violent era in all of human history. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker is a grand and all encompassing study in human violence as well as the trends that the author believes are driving it down. Straining “This book is about what may be the most important thing that has ever happened in human history,” he boldly asserts, and then continues: “Violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence.”. Seibert May 27, 2013 at 10:25 pm. In The Better Angels of Our Nature, psychologist Steven Pinker stakes out a boldly optimistic view of the world, at a time when his readers are no doubt processing all kinds of bad news. We have data, comprehensively compiled by the Harvard University social scientist Steven Pinker in his new book entitled The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Viking, 2011). Some are responses to Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. 3 thoughts on “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined”. I started this book 99.5% sure I'm just going to tell you what's wrong with this book and Pinker's thesis that violence has declined over time.