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008			200622b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780141034645
082			_a303.609 _bPIN
100			_aPinker, Steven
245			_aThe better angels of our nature: a history of violence and humanity
260			_aLondon _b:Penguin _c2012
300			_a1026
520			_aThis volume argues that violence in the world has declined both in the long run and in the short, and suggests explanations why this has happened. The author maintains that the key to explaining the decline of violence is to understand the "inner demons" that incline us toward violence and the "better angels" that steer us away. Thanks to the spread of government, literacy, trade, and cosmopolitanism,
650			_a Violence
650			_aHistory
650			_aViolence
650			_aPsychological aspects.
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