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.
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.
發表於2025-03-25
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冷戰結束後,塞繆爾·亨廷頓在《文明的衝突與世界秩序的重建》中虛擬瞭一個“2010年全球戰爭”,作為對“文明衝突”的直觀展示。盡管全球戰爭沒有爆發,“9·11”卻似乎印證瞭他的先見之明。相比之下,斯蒂芬·平剋(Steven Pinker)顯得比較樂觀,他在《人性中的善良天使》中...
評分《The Better Angels of Our Nature》長達800餘頁,但正如《紐約時報》諸人推崇的一樣,這是一本難得的好書。作者Steven Pinker最根本的論調其實並不稀奇:隨著社會的發展,人們的生活越來越好,人性中善的一麵也越來越閃光,並且覆蓋瞭人性中惡的一麵。之後,Pinker花瞭大量時...
評分關於本書的贊譽很多,就不多說瞭,談談個人覺得最有趣的部分。 這本書不僅僅談論暴力的下降,它還講瞭很多權力革命的來龍去脈和所有的推動因素,所以每當那些還嫌權力革命進程速度不夠快怎麼辦的性情急躁的朋友們,問我以往的民權運動是怎麼發生的,我都強烈地推薦人性中的善良...
評分 評分文/煆煜 時間推移到我身處廣州的2010年左右,那個時候我用微薄的工資購置瞭一颱電腦,在裝網綫的時候,遇到一個曾經混過老大的人來幫我組裝,他現在隻從事白道,本來應該會有所隱瞞他的這段曆史,但是他沒有這樣做,而是給我說瞭這一切,並且說是為瞭兄弟的未來之類的...
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平剋教授可以考慮讓銀時毀個三觀試試。。。
評分long ass book, didn't finish.
評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。
評分this is by far my favorite among all of the steven pinker books, but so long. Gosh. Very rich in info though
評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。
The Better Angels of Our Nature 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載