Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
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New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018].
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018].
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Book
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xix, 556 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm.
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English
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9780525427575, 0525427570, 9780525559023, 0525559027

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"Charts rendered by Ilavenil Subbiah" -- Title page verso
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-524) and index.
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The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Far from being a naive hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature--tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking--which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation.
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"Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data. In seventy-five 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 the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature -- tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking -- which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. Pinker makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress."--,Jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pinker, S. (2018). Enlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress . Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pinker, Steven, 1954-. 2018. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pinker, Steven, 1954-. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

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Pinker, Steven. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

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