The Resource Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress, Steven Pinker
Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress, Steven Pinker
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The item Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress, Steven Pinker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Gleason Public Library (Carlisle).
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 835 pages (large print)
- Contents
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- Dare to understand!
- Entro, evo, info
- Counter-enlightenments
- Progressophobia
- Life
- Health
- Sustenance
- Wealth
- Inequality
- The environment
- Peace
- Safety
- Terrorism
- Democracy
- Equal rights
- Knowledge
- Quality of life
- Happiness
- Existential threats
- The future of progress
- Reason
- Science
- Humanism
- Isbn
- 9781432853167
- Label
- Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
- Title
- Enlightenment now
- Title remainder
- the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Pinker
- Title variation
- Case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- IV7
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pinker, Steven
- Dewey number
- 303.44
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HM891
- LC item number
- .P56 2018b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Humanism
- Quality of life
- Social change
- Progress
- Reason
- Civilization, Modern
- Label
- Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress, Steven Pinker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-831)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dare to understand! -- Entro, evo, info -- Counter-enlightenments -- Progressophobia -- Life -- Health -- Sustenance -- Wealth -- Inequality -- The environment -- Peace -- Safety -- Terrorism -- Democracy -- Equal rights -- Knowledge -- Quality of life -- Happiness -- Existential threats -- The future of progress -- Reason -- Science -- Humanism
- Control code
- on1041708638
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 835 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432853167
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041708638
- Label
- Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress, Steven Pinker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-831)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dare to understand! -- Entro, evo, info -- Counter-enlightenments -- Progressophobia -- Life -- Health -- Sustenance -- Wealth -- Inequality -- The environment -- Peace -- Safety -- Terrorism -- Democracy -- Equal rights -- Knowledge -- Quality of life -- Happiness -- Existential threats -- The future of progress -- Reason -- Science -- Humanism
- Control code
- on1041708638
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 835 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432853167
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041708638
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