![]() ![]() Many of his previous books, including The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, Words and Rules, How the Mind Works and The Language Instinct have been widely praised. ![]() He is also one of America’s leading public intellectuals, with occasional columns in The New York Times, Time and The New Republic. Steven Pinker is a psychologist and one of the world’s leading authorities on language and the mind. Pinker acknowledges future challenges, but remains unwavering in his belief that by keeping true to the ideas of the Enlightenment, the world can go on improving for many generations to come.īefore delving into the book, a few words about the author are necessary. Does that make him a modern-day Pollyanna? Far from it. Pinker also offers reasons for optimism ahead. As he shows, on most measures of human well-being the world is much better off than before – even if relatively few people understand or appreciate the progress that humanity has made. What is human progress? Is it happening? Can it continue? These are some of the questions that Steven Pinker, Harvard University Professor and Human Progress Board Member, answers in his new book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. ![]()
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