Author | Steven Pinker |
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Language | English |
Subject | Social philosophy |
Published | February 13, 2018 |
Publisher | Penguin Books Limited/Viking |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print, digital |
Pages | 576 |
ISBN | 978-0-525-42757-5 (Hardcover) |
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress is a 2018 book written by Canadian-American cognitive scientist Steven Pinker. It argues that the Enlightenment values of reason, science, and humanism have brought progress, and that health, prosperity, safety, peace, and happiness have tended to rise worldwide. It is a follow-up to Pinker's 2011 book, The Better Angels of Our Nature.