authors:
- Pinker, Steven
content: A must-read for anyone interested in global development and society. It's
in some respects an update of the 2011 book "The Better Angels of our Nature", but
it has a broader scope. Not only does it discuss the actual improvements that have
occurred in the living conditions of humans globally, but it also traces those improvements
to the influence of the Enlightenment. The relationships between the ideals of the
Enlightenment and their partial, but expanding, implementation in real life, is
explored in an excellent way. Finally, the enemies of Enlightenment are described
and diagnosed.
date: '2020-08-20'
edition:
published: '2018'
publisher: Viking
goodreads: '35696171'
html: '<p>A must-read for anyone interested in global development and society. It''s
in some respects an update of the 2011 book "The Better Angels of our Nature",
but it has a broader scope. Not only does it discuss the actual improvements that
have occurred in the living conditions of humans globally, but it also traces those
improvements to the influence of the Enlightenment. The relationships between the
ideals of the Enlightenment and their partial, but expanding, implementation in
real life, is explored in an excellent way. Finally, the enemies of Enlightenment
are described and diagnosed.</p>
'
isbn: '9780525427575'
language: en
lastmod: '2020-08-20'
path: /library/pinker-2018.html
published: '2018'
rating: 5
reference: Pinker 2018
reviewed: '2020-08-20'
subjects:
- beyond-nature
- enlightenment
- liberalism
- morality
- political-philosophy
- science
title: 'Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress'
type: book
year: 2018