The Better Angels of Our Nature

Why Violence Has Declined

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Pub Date Oct 04 2011 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012

Description

The author of The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence. 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.

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The author of The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence. Exploding fatalist myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9780670022953
PRICE 40.00
PAGES 848