The Better Angels of Our Nature

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.

出版者:Viking Adult

作者:Steven Pinker

页数:832

出版时间:2011-10-4

价格:USD 40.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780670022953

图书标签:社会学心理学StevenPinker历史社会暴力文化思维

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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.

读后感

《The Better Angels of Our Nature》长达800余页，但正如《纽约时报》诸人推崇的一样，这是一本难得的好书。作者Steven Pinker最根本的论调其实并不稀奇：随着社会的发展，人们的生活越来越好，人性中善的一面也越来越闪光，并且覆盖了人性中恶的一面。之后，Pinker花了大量时...  

《人性中的善良天使们（Angels）》这本书旨在打破一种认为二十世纪充满了战争与毁灭的 “今不如古” 的错觉，并为暴力的在漫长历史中的总体下降趋势寻找诸原因。作者指出这种错觉其实是由于心理因素引起的：为未来占卜凶兆的人总是能博得更多眼球，我们总是现实地看待现在，并...  

没有统计的叙事是盲目的，没有叙事的统计是空洞的。某种意义上,这正是我对平克这本书的期待。我相信，人类目前已有的智识并不足以洞悉人性和预测未来，因此读这本书无关结论，我关心的是一个敢于挑战大命题的著名学者解决问题的逻辑是怎样的，他如何将统计和叙事有机的结合起来...  

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...  

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...  

用户评价

pinker越来越畅销书作家了，滚回去好好写专业书

过去，我们问：“为什么人们会打战？”平克教授认为，现在，我们应当问：“为什么我们可以有和平？以及如何使和平得以持续下去？” 非常厚的一本书，花了好几个月才读完，启发甚大。

太长了

好书是好书，可看完一遍还是觉得云里雾里，改天还得重读一遍

好玩，我们生活在千万年来最和平最安全的时代？，人性本善还是本恶呢？有调查才有发言权