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Steven Pinker is one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind. His popular and highly praised books include Words and Rules, How the Mind Works, and The Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching and scientific research, Pinker is Peter de Florez professor of psychology in the department of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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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's existence. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, assassinations, pogroms, gruesome punishments, deadly quarrels, and genocide were ordinary features of life. But today, Pinker shows (with the help of more than a hundred graphs and maps) all these forms of violence have dwindled and are widely condemned. How has this happened?
This groundbreaking book continues Pinker's exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly nonviolent world. The key, he explains, is to understand our intrinsic motives- the inner demons that incline us toward violence and the better angels that steer us away-and how changing circumstances have allowed our better angels to prevail. 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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从进化心理学的角度来说，所谓善恶无非是人类在漫长的演化过程中为适应生存而筛选出的心理本能。我们谈论人性中善的发扬就要探讨恶是如何被限制的，也就是本书的副标题——暴力为什么会减少。 首先，本书以详实浩繁的资料数据证实了人类社会暴力事件的减少，特别是近几百年甚...
评分 评分关于本书的赞誉很多，就不多说了，谈谈个人觉得最有趣的部分。 这本书不仅仅谈论暴力的下降，它还讲了很多权力革命的来龙去脉和所有的推动因素，所以每当那些还嫌权力革命进程速度不够快怎么办的性情急躁的朋友们，问我以往的民权运动是怎么发生的，我都强烈地推荐人性中的善良...
评分文 / 西闪 读到史蒂芬·平克（Steven Pinker）的巨著《人性中的善良天使》，颇感兴奋。平克是我一直关注的科学家，他的《语言本能》《心智探奇》等书，都给我的阅读带来极大的愉悦。几年前听闻他写了一本讨论人类暴力史的大部头，中文版权已由严搏非先生引进，我就一直期待着...
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花了两个多月时间啃完这本英文的大部头，感觉像是研究生修了一门哲学课。观点上其实也不稀奇，简单说就是a smarter world is a less violent world，关键是Pinker对古今各种学术观点和证据的渊博，以及论证的缜密谨严太厉害了，搁在中国这就是钱钟书量级的大学者。我读过文笔好的当代学术大明星，社会学的Steven Pinker，历史的Niall Ferguson，人类学的Jared Diamond，经济学的Paul Krugman，政治学的Francis Fukuyama，生物学的Richard Dawkins，读他们的书感觉就像吃聪明豆，学了什么已经不重要了，纯粹地长智力。
评分很长的一本书；相比后三分之一的分析，反而是前半对于暴力与战争历史的综述更引人思考。
评分大概用了两个月读完，生词不少，有的领域不熟悉，很妨碍理解，特别是看的英文。前面举证的地方会看得很震惊，人类竟然做过这么可怕的事情？！后面的论述（反复对比与分析）又觉得看到了希望。平克应该对人类是有大爱的，否则也不能克制情感泛滥地完成这本书。
评分很长的一本书；相比后三分之一的分析，反而是前半对于暴力与战争历史的综述更引人思考。
评分pinker越来越畅销书作家了，滚回去好好写专业书
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