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The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Penguin
September 2003
On Sale: August 26, 2003
528 pages
ISBN: 0142003344
EAN: 9780142003343
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Political
In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, 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.
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