New Releases by Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is the author of When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . . (2025), When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... (2025), Mehr Rationalität (2025), Gevoel voor stijl (2024), 白板 (2023).

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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .

release date: Sep 23, 2025
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .
From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or “out there,” is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives. Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It’s also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a time and place to speaking the same language to forming enduring relationships of friendship, romance, or authority. Humans have a sixth sense for common knowledge, and we create it with signals like laughter, tears, blushing, eye contact, and blunt speech. But people also go to great lengths to avoid common knowledge—to ensure that even if everyone knows something, they can’t know that everyone else knows they know it. And so we get rituals like benign hypocrisy, veiled bribes and threats, sexual innuendo, and pretending not to see the elephant in the room. Pinker shows how the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life’s enigmas: financial bubbles and crashes, revolutions that come out of nowhere, the posturing and pretense of diplomacy, the eruption of social media shaming mobs and academic cancel culture, the awkwardness of a first date. Artists and humorists have long mined the intrigues of common knowledge, and Pinker liberally uses their novels, jokes, cartoons, films, and sitcom dialogues to illuminate social life’s tragedies and comedies. Along the way he answers questions like: Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency? Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto? Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite? Why did Russian authorities arrest a protester who carried a blank sign? Why is it so hard for nervous lovers to say goodbye at the end of a phone call? Why does everyone agree that if we were completely honest all the time, life would be unbearable? Consistently riveting in explaining the paradoxes of human behavior, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows… invites us to understand the ways we try to get into each other’s heads and the harmonies, hypocrisies, and outrages that result.

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...

release date: Sep 04, 2025

Mehr Rationalität

release date: Jan 01, 2025

Gevoel voor stijl

release date: Dec 20, 2024
Gevoel voor stijl
Waarom schrijven zoveel mensen zo slecht? Nee, het ligt niet aan internet en onze kinderen worden ook niet dommer: schrijven is altijd moeilijk geweest. Goed schrijven begint bij goed denken. Als je weet wát je wilt schrijven, is het een kwestie van regels toepassen. Maar met behoud van moed, creativiteit – en een dosis brutaliteit. In dit geestige en zeer nuttige boek stelt Steven Pinker op nuchtere wijze vast aan welke regels goed schrijven in deze tijd zou moeten voldoen. Als geen ander is hij degene van wie we dit kunnen aannemen; Pinker is een briljant taalkundige en een invloedrijke cognitief psycholoog. Iemand, kortom, die het effect van taal op de geest kent, en weet dat alles begint bij zorgvuldig denken en een grote verbeelding.

Racionalidade

release date: Mar 04, 2022
Racionalidade
No século XXI a humanidade está a atingir novos níveis de conhecimento científico - e, ao mesmo tempo, parece que estamos a perder a cabeça. Como pode a espécie que descobriu a vacina para a covid-19 em menos de um ano ser a mesma que produz tantas fake news, curas de charlatães e teorias da conspiração? Em Racionalidade, Pinker rejeita o cliché cínico de que os humanos são simplesmente uma espécie irracional - homens das cavernas fora do seu tempo, amaldiçoados por preconceitos, falácias e ilusões. Se pensarmos bem, descobrimos as leis da Natureza, prolongámos e enriquecemos as nossas vidas, além de termos construído o próprio modelo de racionalidade. Pinker parte do princípio de que nós, humanos, pensamos de acordo com o contexto pouco tecnológico em que passamos grande parte das nossas vidas, mas não tiramos vantagem das poderosíssimas ferramentas da razão que construímos durante milénios: lógica, pensamento crítico, probabilidades, correlação, causalidade e tomada de decisões em cenários de incerteza. Estas ferramentas não fazem parte da nossa educação e nunca foram apresentadas, de forma tão clara quanto articulada, num único livro - até agora. A racionalidade conta. Leva a melhores escolhas nas nossas vidas e na esfera pública, e é o motor da justiça social e do progresso moral. Pleno de humor, Racionalidade é um livro que esclarece, inspira e empodera.

理性

release date: Jan 24, 2022
理性
Traditional Chinese Edition of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Linguaggio naturale e selezione darwiniana

release date: Dec 17, 2021
Linguaggio naturale e selezione darwiniana
Un viaggio alla scoperta dell’evoluzione del linguaggio in termini selettivi che mostra come l’origine delle nostre capacità verbali debba essere interpretata in termini di complessità adattiva. La sofisticata organizzazione che riguarda il linguaggio indica che questo non è altro che il prodotto di una selezione naturale. Questa e altre questioni affrontate nel saggio restano, a vent’anni dalla pubblicazione, di straordinaria attualità nel dibattito teorico contemporaneo, evidenziando quanto il loro scritto rappresenti una pietra miliare nello studio dell’evoluzione del linguaggio.

Razionalità

release date: Oct 05, 2021
Razionalità
«La razionalità dovrebbe essere la nostra stella polare in tutto ciò che pensiamo e facciamo. Eppure, in un''epoca benedetta da risorse senza precedenti per il ragionamento, la sfera pubblica è infestata da fake news, terapie di ciarlatani, teorie del complotto e una retorica della "postverità".» Com''è possibile? La domanda è urgente e, da scienziato cognitivo, Steven Pinker rifiuta il cinico cliché secondo cui noi esseri umani siamo semplicemente irrazionali, cavernicoli fuori tempo gravati di bias, fallacie e illusioni. Perché è la razionalità a distinguerci da tutti gli altri esseri viventi. «La nostra specie ha datato l''origine dell''universo, scandagliato la natura della materia e dell''energia, decifrato i segreti della vita, dipanato i circuiti della coscienza e documentato la nostra storia e diversità. Abbiamo applicato queste conoscenze per accrescere la nostra prosperità, alleviando i flagelli che hanno tormentato i nostri antenati per la maggior parte dell''esistenza umana. Abbiamo posticipato il nostro previsto appuntamento con la morte.» Tuttavia, non riusciamo ad approfittare pienamente dei potenti strumenti del ragionamento che abbiamo imparato a conoscere nel corso dei millenni. In questo libro, Pinker guida quindi il lettore attraverso le basi della logica e del pensiero critico, la probabilità, il rapporto tra correlazione e causazione, la teoria statistica delle decisioni, il ragionamento bayesiano, le comuni fallacie logiche e statistiche. Affronta argomenti complessi che di rado capita di approfondire come meritano, li espone con eleganza, rigore ed estrema chiarezza, offrendo straordinari spunti di riflessione, ispirazione e arricchimento. Destreggiandosi tra le «ragioni» dell''irrazionalità e quelle della ragione, Pinker ci dimostra quanto la razionalità sia importante, non solo perché ci porta a compiere scelte più vantaggiose per la nostra vita e nella sfera pubblica, ma anche perché rappresenta il vero e insostituibile motore della giustizia sociale e del progresso morale.

Rationaliteit

release date: Sep 30, 2021
Rationaliteit
De mensheid is slimmer dan ooit, maar lijkt zich tegelijkertijd te verliezen in nepnieuws en complottheorieën. Steven Pinker legt uit wat rationeel denken is en waarom we het nu zo hard nodig In ‘Rationaliteit’ legt Steven Pinker de belangrijkste instrumenten voor rationeel denken uit, leidt de lezer door de basisprincipes van logica, kritisch denken, waarschijnlijkheid, correlatie en causaliteit, en helpt ons om alleen en met anderen rationele keuzes te maken. Redelijkheid is de belangrijkste troef waarover burgers en bestuurders beschikken. Het onderwerp kan bijna niet actueler. Hoe is het mogelijk dat de menselijke soort de grootste wetenschappelijke inzichten heeft verworven en tevens almaar meer nepnieuws, complottheorieën als QAnon en post-truth-retoriek produceert? In de eenentwintigste eeuw bereikt de mensheid nieuwe hoogten van wetenschappelijk inzicht – en lijkt tegelijkertijd haar verstand te verliezen. Na Verlichting nu, waarin Steven Pinker de menselijke vooruitgang bezong, laat hij nu zien hoe we rationaliteit in ons leven en in de publieke sfeer kunnen versterken.

Rationality

release date: Sep 28, 2021
Rationality
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In our uncertain age, which can so often feel so dark and disturbing, Steven Pinker has distinguished himself as a voice of positivity.” – New York Times Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates’s "new favorite book of all time”) answers all the questions here Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding--and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing? Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply irrational--cavemen out of time saddled with biases, fallacies, and illusions. After all, we discovered the laws of nature, lengthened and enriched our lives, and set out the benchmarks for rationality itself. We actually think in ways that are sensible in the low-tech contexts in which we spend most of our lives, but fail to take advantage of the powerful tools of reasoning we’ve discovered over the millennia: logic, critical thinking, probability, correlation and causation, and optimal ways to update beliefs and commit to choices individually and with others. These tools are not a standard part of our education, and have never been presented clearly and entertainingly in a single book--until now. Rationality also explores its opposite: how the rational pursuit of self-interest, sectarian solidarity, and uplifting mythology can add up to crippling irrationality in a society. Collective rationality depends on norms that are explicitly designed to promote objectivity and truth. Rationality matters. It leads to better choices in our lives and in the public sphere, and is the ultimate driver of social justice and moral progress. Brimming with Pinker’s customary insight and humor, Rationality will enlighten, inspire, and empower.

Rationalitet

release date: Jan 01, 2021
Rationalitet
Steven Pinker avskriver det cyniska påståendet att människan är en i grunden irrationell varelse. Snarare förklarar han en växande faktaresistens som en oförmåga att använda de intellektuella verktyg vi utvecklat genom historien: logik, omdöme och kritiskt tänkande.

寫作風格的意識︰好的英語寫作怎麽寫

release date: Mar 30, 2020
寫作風格的意識︰好的英語寫作怎麽寫
《語言本能》作者,享譽國際的認知科學暨心理語言學家 為21世紀知識分子所寫的英語寫作指南。 結合科學家的洞見及語法的最新發展,傳授你寫好文章的藝術! 好文章能把我們對世界的觀感翻轉過來。――Steven Pinker 良好的寫作並非本能,對人類來說,甚至是項艱難的任務;然而,這不代表我們無法透過後天努力掌握這項技藝,更不代表學習過程必然枯燥而充滿教條;事實上,這可以是一場迷人的心智旅程。 本書是為了有英文寫作的需求,並期望提升此項能力的人們而撰。此外,如果對文學有興趣,或希望了解心智科學如何幫助人們理解語言的運作,也能從本書獲得啟發。 搭配豐富的正反實例,作者平克告訴我們: •透過大量閱讀提升品味和語感 •讓讀者與文章主題產生清楚連結 •去除專業知識構成的理解障礙 •避免不恰當的文章結構誤導讀者 •確保文章具一致性與邏輯性 •掌握正確語法 掌握以上數點,並經過假以時日的練習,就能寫出論述清晰而又兼具風格的英語好文章。 ----------------------------------------- 為什麼文章怎麼寫就是看不順眼?寫作能力因閱讀習慣改變而變糟糕嗎?好作家的功力是得天獨厚還是後天養成? 在這本有趣而富啟迪意義的書裡,認知科學家、語言學家暨暢銷書作者史迪芬‧平克構思了一部二十一世紀的語文用法指南。他沒有慨歎語言的墮落,沒有在惱人的語言問題上吹毛求疵,也沒有把傳統語文指南中的可疑規則照錄如儀,取而代之,他把語言和心智科學的洞見應用到富挑戰性的任務上:如何打造清晰、具一致性而別具風格的文章。 平克表示,不要把問題歸咎於網路或今天的小孩;良好寫作從來是艱難的任務。他從品味別人的好文章起步。他要讓想像力發揮作用:營造一種幻覺,彷彿把讀者的目光引導到世間的事物。作者必須克服知識的詛咒──這種障礙令我們難以想像別人對我們所認知的如何毫無概念。熟練的作者必須能敏銳覺察句法如何把糾結不清的意念轉化為直線式句子。他們還必須把文章編織成具一致性的整體,流暢地一句一句接續下去。還有,他們要懂得拿捏正確的語文用法,把有助文章變得清晰和優雅的規則跟迷思和迷信區別開來(譬如敢於把不定詞大膽地分裂開來)。 書中從現代文章中擷取了大量正面和反面例子,避免了古典風格手冊的責備語氣和武斷口吻,揭示寫作藝術是掌握一種本領的愉悅經驗,也是令人著迷的智性活動。《寫作風格的意識》適合各種各樣的作者,它的讀者對象,則包括對文藝或文學有興趣,而希望了解心智科學如何能發揮妙用讓我們瞥見語言怎樣運作。 ☆他下筆有如天使。──The Economist ☆不同凡響的思想家和作家……平克是一顆明星,科學界慶幸有他這樣的人。 ──Richard Dawkins, The Times Literary Supplement ☆本書優雅而清晰地一語中的,推翻了所謂英語快爛得要丟去餵狗了的說法。平克為我們的世紀寫下像史壯克和懷特(Strunk and White)那樣的經典之作。 ──暢銷書作家John McWhorte ☆幹得好!只有平克才能寫出如此了不起的好書,也謝天謝地他真的把它寫了出來。他寫道:「好文章能把我們對世界的觀感翻轉過來。」本書也確實能夠翻轉你對好文章的想法。書中每一頁都散發著平克的好奇之心和欣喜之情;而當他說,風格可以令世界變得更美好,我們都深深相信著。 ──暢銷書作家Patricia T. O''Conner ☆能有像平克那樣活潑而澄澈的心智,把認知科學的概念帶給普羅大眾,真是一樁好事。 ──Douglas Hofstadter, Los Angeles Times 出版社 商周出版(城邦)

Felvilágosodás most

release date: Jul 22, 2019
Felvilágosodás most
Tényleg darabokra hullik a világ? A haladás eszméje idejétmúlt? A harmadik évezred emberi állapotának ebben az elegáns körüljárásában a kogníciókutató és közéleti értelmiségi Steven Pinker arra biztat bennünket, hogy szemléljük kissé távolabbról a véres főcímeket és a romlásról szóló próféciákat, mert ezek csak a pszichológiai hajlamainkra játszanak rá. Ehelyett nézzük inkább az adatokat: hetvenöt meggyőző grafikon segítségével Pinker megmutatja, hogy az élet, az egészség, a jólét, a biztonság, a béke, a tudás és a boldogság terén is egyre jobb a helyzet, és nemcsak Nyugaton, hanem világszerte. Ez a haladás nem valamilyen kozmikus erő eredménye. A felvilágosodásnak köszönhetjük: a meggyőződésnek, hogy az értelem és a tudomány előmozdítja az emberiség felvirágzását. Amint ma már tudjuk, a felvilágosodás távolról sem bizonyult naiv reménynek, hanem valóban működött. Mégis erőteljes védelemre szorul - jobban, mint valaha. A felvilágosodás eszmerendszere az emberi természet olyan áramlataival megy szembe, mint a tribalizmus, a tekintélyelvűség, a démonizálás, a mágikus gondolkodás, amelyeket a demagógok nagyon is szeretnek kihasználni. Sok - politikai, vallásos vagy romantikus ideológia iránt elkötelezett - kommentátor folytat ellene utóvédharcot. Ennek eredménye az ártalmas fatalizmus, valamint a globális együttműködés és a liberális demokrácia értékes intézményeinek rombolására való késztetés. Lenyűgöző intelligenciájával és irodalmi érzékével Steven Pinker védelmébe veszi az értelmet, a tudományt és a humanizmust: az ideálokat, amelyek szükségesek ahhoz, hogy szembenézhessünk problémáinkkal, és tovább tudjunk fejlődni.

El sentido del estilo

release date: Apr 29, 2019
El sentido del estilo
Más que nunca, la moneda de nuestra vida social y cultural es la palabra escrita, desde Twitter y mensajes de texto hasta blogs, libros electrónicos y libros analógicos. Pero la mayoría de las guías de estilo no preparan a las personas para los desafíos de la escritura en el siglo XXI, representándolas como un campo minado de errores graves en lugar de una forma de dominio placentero. No logran lidiar con un hecho ineludible sobre el lenguaje: cambia con el tiempo, es adaptado por millones de escritores y oradores a sus necesidades. Cambios confusos en un mundo con declive moral en el que cada generación cree que los niños de hoy están degradando a la sociedad y se denostando el lenguaje. Una guía para el nuevo milenio, escribe Steven Pinker, tiene que ser diferente.

Dogamizin Iyilik Melekleri

release date: Feb 01, 2019

Îngerii mai buni ai naturii noastre

release date: Jan 01, 2019

Aufklärung jetzt

release date: Sep 27, 2018

O novo Iluminismo

release date: Sep 06, 2018
O novo Iluminismo
Com profundidade analítica e talento literário, Steven Pinker defende a razão, a ciência e o humanismo, os ideais de que precisamos para enfrentar os nossos problemas e dar continuidade ao nosso progresso. Em O novo Iluminismo, uma original avaliação da condição humana no terceiro milênio, o cientista cognitivo Steven Pinker nos incita a rechaçar manchetes alarmistas e profecias apocalípticas, que vicejam nos dias atuais e influenciam nossa visão de mundo. Com 75 gráficos impressionantes, ele demostra que a vida, a saúde, a prosperidade, a segurança, a paz, o conhecimento e a felicidade estão em ascensão, não apenas no Ocidente, mas em todo o mundo. Para Pinker, esse progresso é uma herança do Iluminismo: a convicção de que a razão e a ciência podem impulsionar o florescimento humano — e, mais do que nunca, elas precisam de uma defesa vigorosa. Nadando contra as correntes da natureza humana exploradas por demagogos — tribalismo, autoritarismo, demonização, pensamento mágico —, o projeto iluminista é atacado por religiosos, políticos e intelectuais pessimistas que insistem que a civilização ocidental passa por um inexorável processo de declínio. Mas basta olhar os dados: eles indicam que, com o avanço do conhecimento, as pessoas estão de fato vivendo mais e melhor. Sem negar que nossos tempos são atribulados, Steven Pinker não hesita em apontar o caminho para as soluções: reforçar o ideal iluminista de usar a razão e a ciência para resolver problemas. "A mente de Steven Pinker ostenta uma inteligência aguda, um conhecimento profundo e uma enorme solidariedade humana." — Richard Dawkins "Um livro excepcional, escrito com lucidez e na hora certa, repleto de dados que sustentam uma eloquente defesa do humanismo racional." — The New York Times Book Review

Dil Icgüdüsü

release date: Sep 01, 2018

Como a mente funciona

release date: Jul 06, 2018
Como a mente funciona
Cientista que compartilha o dom da clareza com C. Sagan e O. Sacks, Pinker expõe aqui uma visão revolucionária e explica, por exemplo, o que acontece na mente quando uma pessoa ama, toma decisões, assiste à TV ou se emociona com uma música. Como as crianças aprendem sobre o mundo que as rodeia? Como tomamos decisões ou enfrentamos riscos? O que diferencia os gênios do comum dos mortais? Amor, confiança, sensibilidade, decepção, criatividade - quais os mecanismos por trás desses e de e outros processos que tomam conta de nossas mentes diariamente? Neste livro extraordinário, o psicólogo e cientista cognitivo Steven Pinker conduz o leitor com maestria por duas grandes teorias: o evolucionismo de Darwin e a moderna ciência cognitiva. Através do uso de exemplos do cotidiano e de uma argumentação lúcida, em estilo cativante e acessível, Pinker mostra como podemos estar bem próximos de uma das últimas fronteiras do conhecimento - a mente humana.

En defensa de la Ilustración

release date: Jun 19, 2018
En defensa de la Ilustración
Si creías que el mundo estaba llegando a su fin, esto te interesa: vivimos más años y la salud nos acompaña, somos más libres y, en definitiva, más felices; y aunque los problemas a los que nos enfrentamos son extraordinarios, las soluciones residen en el ideal de la Ilustración: el uso de la razón y la ciencia. En esta elegante evaluación de la condición humana en el tercer milenio, el científico cognitivo e intelectual Steven Pinker nos insta a ver con otra perspectiva los titulares alarmistas y las profecías de la perdición que juegan con nuestros prejuicios psicológicos. En cambio, haciendo uso de datos empíricos, muestra que la vida, la salud, la prosperidad, la seguridad, la paz, el conocimiento y la felicidad van en aumento, no solo en Occidente, sino en todo el mundo. Este progreso no es el resultado de alguna fuerza cósmica. Es un regalo de la Ilustración: la convicción de que la razón y la ciencia pueden mejorar el florecimiento humano. Lejos de ser una esperanza ingenua, la Ilustración, ahora lo sabemos, ha funcionado. Pero hoy más que nunca necesita que la defendamos con vigor. Con profundidad intelectual y estilo literario, En defensa de la Ilustración defiende la razón, la ciencia y el humanismo: los ideales que necesitamos para enfrentar nuestros problemas y continuar nuestro progreso.

Tout le monde ment... (et vous aussi !)

release date: May 29, 2018
Tout le monde ment... (et vous aussi !)
Internet et le Big Data : ce que nos recherches Google disent vraiment de nous ! Les parents favorisent-ils les garçons plutôt que les filles ? L''école que l''on fréquente influence-t-elle réellement notre réussite ? Mentons-nous souvent sur notre sexualité ? En ce début de XXIe siècle, nos navigations Internet génèrent 8 millions de giga-octets de données chaque jour. Une quantité stupéfiante d''informations qui en disent long sur chacun d''entre nous, car c''est à notre moteur de recherche que nous confions nos questions et nos pensées les plus intimes. S''appuyant sur les recherches Google de millions d''Américains, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz nous livre des révélations fascinantes sur des sujets aussi divers que la politique, le racisme, la violence, notre sexualité, nos relations familiales, le sport... À la lumière de ce « sérum de vérité numérique » qu''est le Big Data, il nous invite à lever le voile sur nous-mêmes et à prendre conscience de nos préjugés... pour mieux changer. « Une plongée inédite dans la psyché humaine [...]. Infiniment fascinant. » - Steven Pinker, auteur du best-seller La Part d''ange en nous « Une exploration incroyablement intelligente et malicieuse de ce que le Big Data nous révèle de notre quotidien. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz est le meilleur conteur de données que j''aie jamais rencontré. » - Steven Levitt, co-auteur du best-seller Freakonomics « Les conclusions empiriques présentées dans Tout le monde ment sont si intrigantes que ce livre serait passionnant même s''il était structuré comme une longue liste. » - The Economist

Enlightenment Now

release date: Feb 13, 2018
Enlightenment Now
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 ONE OF THE ECONOMIST''S BOOKS OF THE YEAR "My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: 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. By the author of the new book, Rationality. Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual 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 jaw-dropping 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. With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.

Verlichting nu

release date: Jan 01, 2018

Illuminismo adesso. In difesa della ragione, della scienza, dell'umanesimo e del progresso

release date: Jan 01, 2018

Upplysning nu

release date: Jan 01, 2018

Das unbeschriebene Blatt

release date: Nov 23, 2017
Das unbeschriebene Blatt
Mit einem aktuellen Vorwort zur Neuausgabe! Auf John Locke geht die Vorstellung zurück, der Mensch sei ein leeres Blatt, auf dem im Verlauf des Lebens die persönlichen Erfahrungen eingetragen werden. In seinem mittlerweile klassischen Buch »Das unbeschriebene Blatt. Die moderne Leugnung der menschlichen Natur« bezieht Bestseller-Autor Steven Pinker ganz die Gegenposition: Mit Witz, Brillanz und Gelehrsamkeit analysiert er die Geschichte dieser Idee und zeigt, wie falsch sie ist – mit allen kruden Auswirkungen auf Vorstellungen von Sexualität, Rasse, Kindererziehung, Intelligenz usw. Die Rolle der Gene wird systematisch unterschätzt; aber das bedeutet nicht, dass wir ihnen völlig ausgeliefert sind. Pinker zeigt nämlich auch, wie befreiend diese Sichtweise sein kann. Ein unterhaltsames und anschauliches Buch zur Natur des Menschen, ein echter Lesegenuss.

La Part d'ange en nous

release date: Oct 04, 2017
La Part d'ange en nous
Aussi incroyable que cela paraisse, nous vivons l''époque la moins violente et la plus paisible de toute l''histoire de l''humanité. S''appuyant sur des milliers d''études, plus de trente années de recherches et des statistiques incontestables, Steven Pinker montre que, malgré le terrorisme, malgré les conflits contemporains, la violence n''a cessé de diminuer dans le monde au cours des siècles. Des premiers mythes aux grandes conquêtes planétaires, des Croisades à l''Inquisition, de l''esclavage aux conflits du xxe siècle, Steven Pinker revisite notre histoire. Il explore la nature humaine, nous entraînant, au fil d''un récit passionnant, dans la révolution humaniste qui a permis aux idées des Lumières de progresser. Il montre comment les échanges commerciaux, les organisations internationales et les récentes révolutions des droits (des minorités ethniques, des homosexuels, des femmes, des enfants et des animaux) nous ont conduits à privilégier " la part d''ange en nous ", selon le mot d''Abraham Lincoln. Et à céder le pas aux motivations d''altruisme et de coopération inhérentes à notre nature. Ce livre au carrefour de la psychologie et de l''histoire a été traduit dans dix-sept pays et acclamé par les plus grandes universités du monde. " Un ouvrage hors du commun, qui nous éclaire sur les dangers des dogmatismes et nous évite de sombrer dans le syndrome du mauvais monde. " Matthieu Ricard

Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead

release date: Nov 03, 2016
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead
From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that human civilization has become different, not better, over the last two and a half centuries. What is seen as a breakthrough or innovation in one period becomes a setback or limitation in another. In short, progress is an ideology not a fact; a way of thinking about the world as opposed to a description of reality. So is the cup half full or half empty? As part of the Munk Debates series, held in Toronto biannually, pioneering cognitive scientist Steven Pinker and bestselling author Matt Ridley squared off against noted philosopher Alain de Botton and bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell, giving us an entertaining and thought-provoking face-off between four of the world''s most renowned thinkers.
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