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In the book following the successful earlier work Better Angels of Our Nature, psychologist, linguist, and science popularizer Steven Pinker sets an ambitious goal: to revive the unjustly forgotten and condemned Enlightenment ideals of reason, science, humanism, and progress, to reformulate them in the language and concepts of the 21st century, and to remind us that it is precisely these ideals for which humanity owes its unprecedented flourishing over the last 200 years. Through a series of surprising statistics, he again demonstrates that despite widespread skepticism, we are experiencing the most splendid era in human history; in his typical fresh style, filled with entertaining quotes from the history of philosophy, culture, and pop culture, he also reflects on current threats and the Enlightenment approach to addressing them.
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Author: Pinker Steven
Publication date: November 9, 2022
Manufacturer: Středisko spol. činností AV ČR, v. v. i.
Genres: Books, Philosophy, Specialized and technical literature, Social sciences
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 696
ISBN/EAN: 9788020033918