The Better Angels of Our Nature

In his gripping new book, the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought, Enlightenment Now, and The Blank Slate explores the idea that violence has been on the decline over long stretches of history. Exploding myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious book continues Pinker's exploration of how an increasingly enlightened world may one day eradicate such evils as war and crime.