Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
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New York, New York : Viking, [2018].
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, [2018].
Physical Desc
xix, 556 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-524) and index.
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Booklist,,January 01, 2018
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Kirkus Reviews,,December 15, 2017
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Publishers Weekly,,December 11, 2017
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Library Journal Prepub Alert,,August 28, 2017
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Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature--tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking--which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation.
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Adult,Brodart.
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Adult,Brodart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pinker, S. (2018). Enlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pinker, Steven, 1954-. 2018. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pinker, Steven, 1954-. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Viking, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pinker, Steven. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Viking, 2018.
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