Name: The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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Author: Steven Pinker
ISBN: 9780140276053

portada The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

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Physical Book

Author

Steven Pinker

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Penguin Group

Synopsis "The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature"

In the past century many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. Steven Pinker’s profound and essential book shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature. We are prepared for sex, aggression and jealousy – and also love, compassion and reason. 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 nature, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality or callousness, but ultimately to understand the very foundations of humanity.

Steven Pinker

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Steven Pinker es un psicólogo experimental que realiza investigaciones en cognición visual, psicolingüística y relaciones sociales. Es licenciado en McGill y tiene un doctorado en Harvard. Actualmente es Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology en Harvard y ha enseñado en Stanford y MIT. Ha ganado numerosos premios por investigaciones, enseñanza y sus libros. Es miembro electo de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias. Escribe con frecuencia en el New York Times y The Guardian.

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