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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

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A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the creator of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.

“Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive.” —Time

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One of the arena’s leading experts on language and the mind  explores the speculation of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals all over the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our figuring out of politics, violence, parenting, and the humanities. Injecting calm and rationality into debates which can be notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the significance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature in accordance with science and common sense.

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