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On violence in history /
"Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker's highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating continues to influence discourse among academics and the general public alike. In this provocative volume, a cast of eminent historians interrog...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker's highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating continues to influence discourse among academics and the general public alike. In this provocative volume, a cast of eminent historians interrogate Pinker's thesis by exposing the realities of violence throughout human history. In doing so, they reveal the history of human violence to be richer, more thought-provoking, and considerably more complicated than Pinker claims"-- |
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| Notas: | Originally published as special issue of Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques, volume 44, number 1. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 147 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789204667 1789204666 |