Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers.
One of The Guardian’s “Books to Buy in 2018”
“An excellent book, lucidly written, timely, rich in data and
eloquent in its championing of a rational humanism that is — it
turns out — really quite cool.”—New York Times Book Review
"The world is getting better, even if it doesn’t always feel that
way. I’m glad we have brilliant thinkers like Steven Pinker to help
us see the big picture. Enlightenment Now is not only the best book
Pinker’s ever written. It’s my new favorite book of all time.”—Bill
Gates
“A terrific book…[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad
array of metrics, from health to wars, the environment to
happiness, equal rights to quality of life.”—Nicholas
Kristof, The New York Times
"Steven Pinker’s mind bristles with pure, crystalline intelligence,
deep knowledge and human sympathy."—Richard Dawkins
“Pinker is a paragon of exactly the kind of intellectual honesty
and courage we need to restore conversation and community.”—David
Brooks, The New York Times
“[Enlightenment Now] is magnificent, uplifting and makes you want
to rush to your laptop and close your Twitter account.”—The
Economist
“If 2017 was a rough year for you, look no further than Steven
Pinker’s engaging new book, Enlightenment Now, to cheer you up.
Conceived before Donald Trump even announced his candidacy, it
could not have been better timed to clarify — and, for some, refute
— the habits of mind that brought Trump and the GOP to power.”—The
Washington Post
“Vindication has arrived in the form of Steven Pinker’s latest
book. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science,
Humanism, and Progress is remarkable, heart-warming, and long
overdue."—Christian Science Monitor
“Pinker is a paragon of exactly the kind of intellectual honesty
and courage we need to restore conversation and community, and the
students are right to revere him.” —The Seattle Times
“[A] magisterial new book…Enlightenment Now is the most uplifting
work of science I’ve ever read.”—Science Magazine
“A passionate and persuasive defense of reason and science…[and] an
urgently needed reminder that progress is, to no small extent, a
result of values that have served us - and can serve us -
extraordinarily well.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“A meticulous defense of science and objective analysis, [and] a
rebuttal to the tribalism, knee-jerk partisanship and
disinformation that taints our politics.”—San Francisco
Chronicle
“Brimming with surprising data and entertaining
anecdotes.”—Financial Times
“[Pinker] makes a powerful case that the main line of history has
been, since the Enlightenment, one of improvement.”—Scientific
American
“Let’s stop once in a while to enjoy the view—I’m glad Pinker is
pushing for this in a world that does it too rarely… It’s hard not
to be convinced.”—Quartz
“Enlightenment Now is formidable.”—Financial Times
“As a demonstration of the value of reason, knowledge, and
curiosity, Enlightenment Now can hardly be bettered.”—The Boston
Globe
“With a wealth of knowledge, graphs and statistics, a strong grasp
of history, and an engaging style of writing…Enlightenment Now
provides a convincing case for gratitude.”—Pittsburgh Post
Gazette
“A forceful defense of the democratic, humanist institutions that
[Pinker] says brought about these changes, and a declaration that
reason, science and humanism can solve the problems to
come.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A masterly defense of the values of modernity against
‘progressophobes’.”—Times Higher Education
“Enlightenment Now strikes a powerful blow against the
contemporary mystifications being peddled by tribalists on both the
left and the right.”—Reason
“Pinker presents graphs and data which deserve to be reckoned with
by fair-minded people. His conclusion is provocative, as anything
by Pinker is likely to be.” —Colorado Springs Gazette
“Elegantly [argues] that in various ways humanity has every reason
to be optimistic over life in the twenty-first century…. A defense
of progress that will provoke deep thinking and thoughtful
discourse among his many fans.”—Booklist
“Pinker defends progressive ideals against contemporary critics,
pundits, cantankerous philosophers, and populist politicians to
demonstrate how far humanity has come since the Enlightenment…In an
era of increasingly “dystopian rhetoric,” Pinker’s sober, lucid,
and meticulously researched vision of human progress is heartening
and important.”—Publishers Weekly
“[An] impeccably written text full of interesting tidbits from
neuroscience and other disciplines…The author examines the many
ways in which Enlightenment ideals have given us lives that our
forebears would envy even if gloominess and pessimism are the order
of the day.” —Kirkus Review
Praise for The Better Angels of Our Nature:
“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be
this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."—Bill Gates (May,
2017)
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