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.
文 / 西闪 读到史蒂芬·平克(Steven Pinker)的巨著《人性中的善良天使》,颇感兴奋。平克是我一直关注的科学家,他的《语言本能》《心智探奇》等书,都给我的阅读带来极大的愉悦。几年前听闻他写了一本讨论人类暴力史的大部头,中文版权已由严搏非先生引进,我就一直期待着...
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《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...
评分随着人类狩猎采集的方式出现,大型杀戮就开始了。为了生存,人类残杀动植物,甚至同种族;后来,为了争夺土地,为了族人更好的团结生活,逐渐形成了国家、文明。而现代各国家安定的发展,其实正是从古代的杀戮,经过文明的洗礼,才走向了和平,完成了人类自我的救赎。 《人性...
评分善、正义与快播案 有人说,自由主义的道德立场就是正义比善更重要。 什么是善呢?善就是好的生活。 什么是正义呢?正义就是好的社会。 因此,正义比善更重要,意思就是好的社会比好的生活更重要。 为什么?因为自由主义者认为,一个好的社会必然是一个自由的社会,而在一...
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。
评分黄金时代不是在过去,而是在我们面前。
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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
评分花了两个多月时间啃完这本英文的大部头,感觉像是研究生修了一门哲学课。观点上其实也不稀奇,简单说就是a smarter world is a less violent world,关键是Pinker对古今各种学术观点和证据的渊博,以及论证的缜密谨严太厉害了,搁在中国这就是钱钟书量级的大学者。我读过文笔好的当代学术大明星,社会学的Steven Pinker,历史的Niall Ferguson,人类学的Jared Diamond,经济学的Paul Krugman,政治学的Francis Fukuyama,生物学的Richard Dawkins,读他们的书感觉就像吃聪明豆,学了什么已经不重要了,纯粹地长智力。
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