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Enlightenment Now

The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Author: Steven Pinker  

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One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril

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One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril

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One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our perilIs modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Yet, as Steven Pinker shows, if you follow the trendlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer and more prosperous - not just in the West, but worldwide. Such progress is no accident- it's the gift of a coherent value system that many of us embrace without even realizing it. These are the values of the Enlightenment- of reason, science, humanism and progress. The challenges we face today are formidable. But the way to deal with them is not to sink into despair or try to lurch back to a mythical idyllic past; it's to treat them as problems we can solve, as we have solved other problems in the past. This is the case for an Enlightenment newly recharged for the 21st century.

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Critic Reviews

“My new favourite book of all time”

-- Bill Gates
Exhilarating, magnificent, uplifting Economist
This is the biggest story of our time. It's about the many ways in which the world is improving, and why we don't believe it -- Fraser Nelson Spectator
Pinker is right. Not just a bit right, but completely, utterly, incontrovertibly right ... for most people, life is better, even if they don't realise it -- Dominic Sandbrook Daily Mail
Awesome. The confidence with which Pinker tears through the issues that cause such deep anxiety today is compelling -- William Davies Guardian
A characteristically fluent, decisive and data-rich demonstration of why, given the chance to live at any point in human history, only a stone-cold idiot would choose any time other than the present -- Sam Leith Spectator
A new, optimistic view of the world ... Things are not as bad as your Facebook news feed makes them seem ... a cheerful, contrarian tract for dark times -- Niall Ferguson Sunday Times
A goldmine of startling graphs and killer facts about the way we live now. Everyone should read this book and, just for once, be enthralled by what humankind has achieved -- Iain Macwhirter Herald
Brimming with surprising data and entertaining anecdotes ... a genuinely enlightening book -- Jan-Werner Müller Financial Times
Today we are living healthier, wealthier lives - and it's thanks to the values of the Enlightenment ... a passionate book in praise of Enlightenment values -- David Aaronovitch The Times

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About the Author

Steven Pinker is one of the world's most influential thinkers and writers on the human condition. His popular and highly praised books include The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Sense of Style, The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, How the Mind Works, and The Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching, books, and scientific research, Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He also writes frequently for The New York Times, the Guardian and other publications. He has been named Humanist of the Year, Prospect magazine's "The World's Top 100 Public Intellectuals," Foreign Policy's "100 Global Thinkers," and Time magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today."

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
3rd January 2019
Pages
576
ISBN
9780141979090

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31 Aug, 2021
I love this book. It's such a relief to read something positive. I've bought the copy to lend to other people.
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