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Pinker Steven

The blank slate : The modern denial of human nature - London Viking 2002 - 509p xiii

Table of contents
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.

ISBN: 9780713992564

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Nature & Nurtune

Dewey Class. No.: 155.200000 / PIN