The Blank Slate Steven Pinker

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Zusammenfassung

This title makes explicit the argument that has been the backdrop to the author's previous books. It claims that the ideas of the noble savage and the blank slate which underpin modern attitudes to human nature are untruthful in deflecting responsibility from the individual onto society.

The Blank Slate Zusammenfassung

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven Pinker

Following HOW THE MIND WORKS, Pinker now asks: what makes a person? Pinker challenges conventional wisdom that our thoughts and feelings seep into our heads from the surrounding culture. This is the assumption behind discussions in dozens of areas, from how to reduce illiteracy and crime to how to lose weight and bring up children. Pinker shows this is all wrong: we are not blank slates, but are born with our characteristics in place: as species, gender and individual. Human nature cannot be denied.

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Pinker challenges conventional wisdom that our thoughts and feelings seep into our heads from the surrounding culture.

Über Steven Pinker

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The blank slate, the noble savage and the ghost in the machine: the official theory; silly putty; the last wall to fall; culture vultures; the slate's last stand. Part II Fear and loathing: political scientists; the holy trinity. Part III Human nature with a human face: the fear of inequality; the fear of imperfectibility; the fear of determinism; the fear of nihilism. Part IV Know thyself: in touch with reality; out of our depths; the many roots of our suffering; the sanctimonious animal. Part V Hot buttons: politics; violence; gender; children; the arts. Part VI The voice of the species. Appendix: Donald E. Brown's list of human universals.

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GOR001176757

ISBN 13

9780713992564

ISBN 10

0713992565

Titel

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven Pinker

Autor

Steven Pinker

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Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Penguin Books Ltd

Datum

20020905

Anzahl der Seiten

528

Preise

Short-listed for Aventis Prize for Science Books 2003

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