Joulia Smortchkova

An Analysis of Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature

Why Violence has Declined

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stephen Pinker's optimistic 2011 book argues that, despite humanity's biological tendency toward violence, we are, in fact, less violent today than ever before citing extensive statistical evidence.

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Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 106
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 120g
• ISBN-13: 9781912128211
• ISBN-10: 1912128217
• Artikelnr.: 48849574

Autorenporträt

Dr Joulia Smortchkova holds a PhD in social psychology from the Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS, ENS, EHESS), Paris. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who is Steven Pinker? What does The Better Angels of
Our Nature Say? Why does The Better Angels of Our Nature Matter? Section 1:
Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2:
Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution
Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7:
Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module
9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and
Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned
in the Text Works Cited