Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 393 Seiten :
,
Illustration.
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
978-1-3501-4062-2
,
978-1-3501-4061-5
,
978-1-3501-4843-7
Content:
"In The Better Angels of Our Nature Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argued that modern history has witnessed a dramatic decline in human violence of every kind, and that in the present we are experiencing the most peaceful time in human history. But what do top historians think about Pinker's reading of the past? Does his argument stand up to historical analysis? In The Darker Angels of our Nature, fifteen historians of international stature evaluate Pinker's arguments and find them lacking. Studying the history of violence from Soviet Russia to Native America, Medieval England and the Imperial Middle East, these scholars debunk the myth of non-violent modernity. Asserting that the real story of human violence is richer, more interesting and incomparably more complex than Pinker's sweeping, simplified narrative, this book tests, and bests, 'fake history' with expert knowledge"
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 337-373
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-3501-4060-8
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-3501-4059-2
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
1954- Pinker, Steven
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Gewalt
;
Theorie
;
Gewalt
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
History
DOI:
10.5040/9781350148437
