Believe it or not-and I know that most people do not-violence has declined over long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence.

Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

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Topic

Advance of civilization Social progress Progress

Author

Steven Pinker

Source

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Psychologist Writer

From

Canada

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Citation

Pinker, Steven. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Viking Books, 2011, preface.

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Karl Marx

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Revolution Words vs. actions Political progress Progress

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Karl Marx
Source
Theses on Feurbach
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1845 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Theses On Feuerbach. Friedrich Engels, c. 1888.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. The German Ideology, including Theses on Feuerbach, translated by Friedrich Engels. Prometheus, 1998.