The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Pinker, Steven [Paperback]

Description: A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now. "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time Now updated with a new afterword One of the world's leading experts on language and the mind explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense. Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of our Nature, is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers.

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EAN: 9780142003343

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Book Title: Blank Slate : the Modern Denial of Human Nature

Number of Pages: 560 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Year: 2003

Item Height: 1.1 in

Topic: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Evolutionary Psychology, Developmental / General

Genre: Science, Psychology

Item Weight: 18 Oz

Author: Steven Pinker

Item Length: 9.2 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Uk-B Format Paperback