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The better angels of our nature : why violence has declined / Steven Pinker.

Pinker, Steven, 1954- (Author).

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Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, assassinations, pogroms, gruesome punishments, deadly quarrels, and genocide were ordinary features of life... Exploding fatalist myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious and provocative book is sure to be hotly debated in living rooms and the Pentagon alike, and will challenge and change the way we think about our society.

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ISBN: 0670022950
ISBN: 9780670022953
ISBN: 9780143122012
ISBN: 0143122010
Physical Description: xxviii, 802 pages : illustrations , maps, charts ; 23 cm
Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Copyright: ©2011

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General Note:	Originally published in hardcover in 2011 by Viking.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-771) and index.

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