| The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Contributor(s): Pinker, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142003344 ISBN-13: 9780142003343 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: Widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on language and the workings of the mind, Pulitzer Prize finalist Pinker has undertaken the most ambitious and controversial work of his career--a brilliant reexamination of the concept of human nature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Personality - Social Science | Sociology - General - Psychology | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Dewey: 155.234 |
| LCCN: 2002022719 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.06" W x 9.3" (1.27 lbs) 560 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 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. |