Reading room
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Steven Pinker's book, The Better Angels of Our Nature – the final verdict
David ShariatmadariDavid Shariatmadari: A selection of your views on Steven Pinker's grand idea on violence in society, and a last chance to air your thoughts
Steven Pinker's book is a comfort blanket for the smug
Andrew BrownAndrew Brown: Reading room: The factual errors in The Better Angels of Our Nature destroy Pinker's thesis, rendering it no more than a bedtime story
Steven Pinker on The Better Angels of Our Nature: 'reasons to be grateful' - video
The Harvard professor and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker speaks to Madeleine Bunting about his new book The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker's revolution has yet to begin
Do you agree with Steven Pinker – is violence in decline?
Madeleine BuntingIf it bleeds, it misleads: on violence and misery the Cassandras are wrong
Steven PinkerExtract: The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker