Enlightenment Now: A Manifesto for Science, Reason, Humanism, and Progress

If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred, and irrationality. Yet Steven Pinker shows that this is an illusion - a symptom of historical amnesia and statistical fallacies. If you follow the trendlines rather than the headlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer, happier, more peaceful, more stimulating and more prosperous - not just in the West, but worldwide.

Softcover. English. Allen Lane. 2018 Advanced Proof Copy. ISBN: 0. 551 pp. Good. Book No: 64604