Recently many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. This title shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature.
Recently many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. This title shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Steven Pinker is an experimental cognitive scientist. Currently Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard, he has also taught at Stanford and MIT. He has won many prizes for his research, teaching, and his eleven books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Humanist of the Year, a recipient of nine honorary doctorates, one of Foreign Policy's 'World's Top 100 Public Intellectuals' and Time's '100 Most Influential People in the World Today'.
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Preface Part 1: The Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost in the Machine Chapter 1: The Official Theory Chapter 2: Silly Putty Chapter 3: The Last Wall to Fall Chapter 4: Culture Vultures Chapter 5: The Slate's Last Stand Part II: Fear and Loathing Chapter 6: Political Scientists Chapter 7: The Holy Trinity Part III: Human Nature with a Human Face Chapter 8: The Fear of Inequality Chapter 9: The Fear on Imperfectibility Chapter 10: The Fear of Determinism Chapter 11: The Fear of Nihilism Part IV: Know Thyself Chapter 12: In Touch with Reality Chapter 13: Out of Our Depths Chapter 14: The Many Roots of Our Suffering Chapter 15: The Sanctimonious Animal Part V: Hot Buttons Chapter 16: Politics Chapter 17: Violence Chapter 18: Gender Chapter 19: Children Chapter 20: The Arts Part VI: The Voice of the Species Appendix: Donald E. Brown's List of Human Universals Notes References Index
Preface Part 1: The Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost in the Machine Chapter 1: The Official Theory Chapter 2: Silly Putty Chapter 3: The Last Wall to Fall Chapter 4: Culture Vultures Chapter 5: The Slate's Last Stand Part II: Fear and Loathing Chapter 6: Political Scientists Chapter 7: The Holy Trinity Part III: Human Nature with a Human Face Chapter 8: The Fear of Inequality Chapter 9: The Fear on Imperfectibility Chapter 10: The Fear of Determinism Chapter 11: The Fear of Nihilism Part IV: Know Thyself Chapter 12: In Touch with Reality Chapter 13: Out of Our Depths Chapter 14: The Many Roots of Our Suffering Chapter 15: The Sanctimonious Animal Part V: Hot Buttons Chapter 16: Politics Chapter 17: Violence Chapter 18: Gender Chapter 19: Children Chapter 20: The Arts Part VI: The Voice of the Species Appendix: Donald E. Brown's List of Human Universals Notes References Index
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A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying Tim Lott Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
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