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发表于2025-05-31
The Better Angels of Our Nature pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025
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.
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.
平克教授可以考虑让银时毁个三观试试。。。
评分看了两章弃
评分过去,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。
评分long ass book, didn't finish.
评分好书是好书,可看完一遍还是觉得云里雾里,改天还得重读一遍
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评分 评分《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...
评分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...
评分文/煅煜 时间推移到我身处广州的2010年左右,那个时候我用微薄的工资购置了一台电脑,在装网线的时候,遇到一个曾经混过老大的人来帮我组装,他现在只从事白道,本来应该会有所隐瞒他的这段历史,但是他没有这样做,而是给我说了这一切,并且说是为了兄弟的未来之类的...
The Better Angels of Our Nature pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025