The Darker Angels of Our Nature : Refuting the Pinker Theory of History & Violence (Paperback)

Preface List of Contributors List of Illustrations 1. Steven Pinker and the Nature of Violence in History Philip Dwyer and Mark Micale Part One: Interpretations 2. The Inner Demons of The Better Angels of Our Nature Dan Smail 3. The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Writing the History of Violence Dag Lindstrom 4. Progress and Its Contradictions: Human Rights, Inequality, and Violence Eric D. Weitz 5. Pinker's Technocratic Neoliberalism, and Why It Matters David Bell 6. Steven Pinker, Norbert Elias and the 'Civilizing Process' Philip Dwyer and Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen Part Two: Periods 7. Steven Pinker's 'Prehistoric Anarchy': A Bioarchaeological Critique Linda Fibiger 8. Getting Medieval on Steven Pinker: Violence and Medieval England Sara M. Butler 9. History, Violence and the Enlightenment Philip Dwyer Part Three: Places 10. The Complexity of History: Russia and Steven Pinker's Thesis Nancy Kollmann 11. Necrology of Angels: Violence in Japanese History as a Lens of Critique Michael Wert 12. The 'Moral Effect' of Legalized Lawlessness: British Imperial Violence and the Middle East Caroline Elkins Part Four: Themes 13. A History of Violence and Indigeneity: Pinker and the Native Americas Matthew Restall 14. The Rise and Rise of Sexual Violence Joanna Bourke 15. The Better Angels of Which Nature? Violence and Environmental History in the Modern World Corey Ross 16. On Cool Reason and Hot-Blooded Impulses? Violence and the History of Emotion Susan K. Morrissey Part Five: Coda 17. Pinker and Contemporary Historical Consciousness Mark Micale Bibliography Index