Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Pinker, Steven

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Editorial: Viking, New York, 2018

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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 lurid headlines and prophecies of doom, which bring out the worst in our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In 75 astonishing 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 carried along by some cosmic force or mystical arc. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that knowledge can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a naive hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. Th Enlightenment swims against currents of human nature--tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking--that demagogues are all too willing to exploit. And far from being the consensus among intellectuals, Enlightenment ideals are furiously opposed by religious, political, and cultural pessimists who insist that Western civilization is in terminal decline. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. Pinker takes on the sources of cynicism and dread. Are humans inherently irrational? Do we need religion to ground mortality? Has modernity just left us lonely and suicidal? Do we live in a "post-truth era"? An "age of terror"? And will it all come crashing down in an apocalypse of nuclear war, resource shortages, climate change, and runaway artificial intelligence? With intellectual depth and literacy flair, Pinker makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress. This book is in pristine condition. The pages are clean and free of any markings or highlighting. There are no inscriptions. Extra postage will be required before shipping due to the size of the book.…

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Título
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Autor
Pinker, Steven
Editorial
Viking, New York
Año de publicación
2018
Estado
Novedad
Sobrecubierta
Nuevo
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Encuadernación de tapa dura
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0525427570
ISBN 13
9780525427575
Ilustrador
Nancy Resnick, Design
Peso del artículo
31,994 onzas
Dimensiones
16,36 centímetros de ancho por 24,23 centímetros de alto por 4,22 centímetros de largo
Catálogos de vendedores
Psychology

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