TED Talks: Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence: “In a preview of his next book, Steven Pinker takes on violence. We live in violent times, an era of heightened warfare, genocide and senseless crime. Or so we’ve come to believe. Pinker charts a history of violence from Biblical times through the present, and says [...]
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TED: Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence
September 19th, 2007
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Explosive Reactions
August 3rd, 2007
“There is an unquestionable need for clear thinking about suicide bombing. But thinking is muddied by the powerful emotions of horror and repulsion it properly stirs. Suicide bombing, as anthropologist Talal Asad notes, is not the most deadly weapon even in conflicts where it is endemic. Rather, the suicide attack is among the most effective [...]
Tags: de horror · mia bloom · suicide bombing · talal asad · terrorism · violence