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The Blank Slate
- Author
- Steven Pinker
- Narrator
- Victor Bevine
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 31 October 2019
- Run Time
- 22 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality, but to understand the very foundations of humanity.
'A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying' Daily Telegraph
'Brilliant ... enjoyable, informative, clear, humane' New Scientist
'Startling ... This is a breath of air for a topic that has been politicized for too long' Economist
©2003 Steven Pinker (P)2019 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying
Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
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Brilliant ... enjoyable, informative, clear, humane
New Scientist
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If you think the nature-nurture debate has been resolved, you are wrong ... this book is required reading
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An original and vital contribution to science and also a rattling good read
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Details
- Author
- Steven Pinker
- Narrator
- Victor Bevine
- Duration
- 22 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 October 2019
- ISBN
- 9780141992327
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Popular science, Popular psychology
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality, but to understand the very foundations of humanity.'A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ... both life-affirming and deeply satisfying' Daily Telegraph'Brilliant ... enjoyable, informative, clear, humane' New Scientist'Startling ... This is a breath of air for a topic that has been politicized for too long' Economist©2003 Steven Pinker (P)2019 Penguin Audio
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