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Enlightenment now : (Record no. 36153)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2017301147
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780525427575 (hardcover)
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International Standard Book Number 0525427570 (hardcover)
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780698177888 (ebook)
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International Standard Book Number 9780525559023 (international edition)
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System control number (OCoLC)ocn993692045
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number HM891
Item number .P56 2018
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 303.44
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pinker, Steven,
Dates associated with a name 1954-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Enlightenment now :
Remainder of title the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Steven Pinker.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York, New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2018]
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2018
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xix, 556 pages :
Other physical details illustrations, charts ;
Dimensions 25 cm
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-524) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Dare to understand! -- Entro, evo, info -- Counter-enlightenments -- Progressophobia -- Life -- Health -- Sustenance -- Wealth -- Inequality -- The environment -- Peace -- Safety -- Terrorism -- Democracy -- Equal rights -- Knowledge -- Quality of life -- Happiness -- Existential threats -- The future of progress -- Reason -- Science -- Humanism.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data. In seventy-five graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a naiÌve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature -- tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking -- which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. Pinker makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Progress.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization, Modern
Chronological subdivision 21st century.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Enlightenment.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Social change.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Quality of life.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Humanism.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Reason.
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social change.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.
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    Library of Congress Classification     Stacks 06/19/2018 3 HM891 .P56 2018 33039001428696 07/06/2023 09/06/2018 1 Book

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