The better angels of our nature : why violence has declined
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- ISBN: 9780670022953 (hardcard)
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Physical Description:
xxviii, 802 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Viking, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 6. New Peace -- Trajectory of War in the Rest of the World -- Trajectory of Genocide -- Trajectory of Terrorism -- Where Angels Fear to Tread -- 7. Rights Revolutions -- Civil Rights and the Decline of Lynching and Racial Pogroms -- Women's Rights and the Decline of Rape and Battering -- Children's Rights and the Decline of Infanticide, Spanking, Child Abuse, and Bullying -- Gay Rights, the Decline of Gay-Bashing, and the Decriminalization of Homosexuality -- Animal Rights and the Decline of Cruelty to Animals -- Whence the Rights Revolutions? -- From History to Psychology -- 8. Inner Demons -- Dark Side -- Moralization Gap and the Myth of Pure Evil -- Organs of Violence -- Predation -- Dominance -- Revenge -- Sadism -- Ideology -- Pure Evil, Inner Demons, and the Decline of Violence -- 9. Better Angels -- Empathy -- Self-Control -- Recent Biological Evolution? -- Morality and Taboo -- Reason -- 10. On Angels' Wings -- Important but Inconsistent -- Pacifist's Dilemma -- Leviathan -- Gentle Commerce -- Feminization -- Expanding Circle -- Escalator of Reason -- Reflections. |
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Subject: | Violence -- Psychological aspects Violence -- Social aspects Nonviolence -- Psychological aspects |
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Summary:
A controversial history of violence argues that today's world is the most peaceful time in human existence, drawing on psychological insights into intrinsic values that are causing people to condemn violence as an acceptable measure.