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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.
- 社會學
- 心理學
- StevenPinker
- 曆史
- 社會
- 暴力
- 文化
- 思維
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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评分大概用瞭兩個月讀完，生詞不少，有的領域不熟悉，很妨礙理解，特彆是看的英文。前麵舉證的地方會看得很震驚，人類竟然做過這麼可怕的事情？！後麵的論述（反復對比與分析）又覺得看到瞭希望。平剋應該對人類是有大愛的，否則也不能剋製情感泛濫地完成這本書。
评分書涉及話題太廣，閱讀過程中對部分曆史內容産生質疑，讀完後翻閱瞭些反方觀點，目前也沒發現令人信服的，最有意義的批評是認為本書收集和解讀數據的方式存在漏洞，因曆史數據本身不精確，難以和當前比較。我從來就認為古代社會更暴力（非基於實證的主觀感受），質疑的不是書的立意，而在於Pinker是不是誇大瞭古代社會的暴力。假設這本書的立意是正確的，對於其原因的解釋個人是信服的，但Pinker是不是誇大瞭啓濛運動的作用？畢竟這本書完全是基於西方文化的，也許應該對比東西方（尤其是東亞文化）纔能真正從全人類的角度更好的分析這個問題？從個人閱讀感受來說，涉及曆史的部分，Pinker有過多描述的傾嚮，論證給我一種不充分不信服感；涉及心理學的部分就好得多，讓我滿意。考慮到曆史不是他的本行，能寫到這份上真是博學。
评分this is by far my favorite among all of the steven pinker books, but so long. Gosh. Very rich in info though
评分黃金時代不是在過去，而是在我們麵前。
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