01611nam a2200289 k 4500001001300000005001500013008004100028010001600069020002800085040003500113042000800148049001300156050002100169052001900190082001700209100004100226245007300267260002900340300003100369504006400400505069900464650002401163650003001187653003801217950001301255963005301268WMO20031511420031113093340020214s2002    us a          001   eng    a? 02022719   a0670031518 (alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdKUTdOCLCQdNLCdSYB  apcc0 lWM392237 0aBF341b.P47 200202a155.234bP655b0 a155.2/342211 aPinker, Steven,d1954-0KAC19962175611a(The)blank slate:bthe modern denial of human nature/dSteven Pinker  aNew York:bViking,c2002  axvi, 509 p.:bill.;c25 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 461-489) and index.00nPART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine --tOfficial theory --tSilly putty --tLast wall to fall --tCulture vultures --tSlate's last stand --nPART II. Fear and loathing --tPolitical scientists --tHoly trinity --nPART III. Human nature with a human face --tFear of inequality --tFear of imperfectibility --tFear of determinism --tFear of nihilism --nPART IV. Know thyself --tIn touch with reality --tOut of our depths --tMany roots of our suffering --tSanctimonious animal --nPART V. Hot buttons --tPolitics --tViolence --tGender --tChildren --tArts --nPART VI. Voice of the species --gAppendix:tDonald E. Brown's list of human universals 0aNature and nurture. 4aH´er´edit´e et milieu.  aBLANK SLATEaDENIALaHUMAN NATURE0 bUS$20.68  aNatureaandanurtureaH´er´edit´eaetamilieu