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The Blank Slate (PINKER, Steven)
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We are not, as many people assume, blank slates shaped by our environment. We are made for sex, aggression and jealousy - but also love, compassion and reason. To acknowledge human nature, Steven Pinker shows, is not fatalistic, but an impetus to embrace our common humanity.
Book Details
- Language
- English
- Hardcover/Paperback
- paperback
- ISBN
- 978-0-140-27605-3
- Year
- 2019
- No. of pages
- 531
- Weight
- 393 g
- Condition
- mírně ohnuté růžky vrchních desek, jinak velmi dobrý stav
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
Description
NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD.
We are not, as many people assume, blank slates shaped by our environment.
We are made for sex, aggression and jealousy - but also love, compassion and reason.
To acknowledge human nature, Steven Pinker shows, is not fatalistic, but an impetus to embrace our common humanity.
'Both life-affirming and deeply satisfying' - TIM LOTT, DAILY TELEGRAPH, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'Brilliant... enjoyable, informative, clear, humane' - NEW SCIENTIST
'If you think the nature-nurture debate has been resolved, you are wrong ... Required reading' - LITERARY REVIEW
'An original and vital contribution to science and also a rattling good read' - MATT RIDLEY, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
We are not, as many people assume, blank slates shaped by our environment. We are made for sex, aggression and jealousy - but also love, compassion and reason. To acknowledge human nature, Steven Pinker shows, is not fatalistic, but an impetus to embrace our common humanity.