The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature /

The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature /

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Author / Creator:	Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Imprint:	New York : Viking, 2002.
Description:	xvi, 509 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Nature and nurture. Nature and nurture.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4741915

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ISBN:	0670031518 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-489) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Part I. The Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost in the Machine
Chapter 1. The Official Theory
Chapter 2. Silly Putty
Chapter 3. The Last Wall to Fall
Chapter 4. Culture Vultures
Chapter 5. The Slate's Last Stand
Part II. Fear and Loathing
Chapter 6. Political Scientists
Chapter 7. The Holy Trinity
Part III. Human Nature with a Human Face
Chapter 8. The Fear of Inequality
Chapter 9. The Fear of Imperfectibility
Chapter 10. The Fear of Determinism
Chapter 11. The Fear of Nihilism
Part IV. Know Thyself
Chapter 12. In Touch with Reality
Chapter 13. Out of Our Depths
Chapter 14. The Many Roots of Our Suffering
Chapter 15. The Sanctimonious Animal
Part V. Hot Buttons
Chapter 16. Politics
Chapter 17. Violence
Chapter 18. Gender
Chapter 19. Children
Chapter 20. The Arts
Part VI. The Voice of the Species
Appendix. Donald E. Brown's List of Human Universals
Notes
References
Index