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Detente --- World politics --- Détente (Politique) --- Politique mondiale --- 820 Internationale Betrekkingen --- 827 Geopolitiek --- 830 Economie --- 838 Duurzame Ontwikkeling --- 838.1 Ecologie --- 856.2 Conflictbeheersing --- 873 Wapenbeheersing --- 882.4 Noord-Amerika --- 884 Europa --- 884.1 Oost-Europa --- Détente (Politique) --- International relations

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This volume argues that violence in the world has declined both in the long run and in the short, and suggests explanations why this has happened. The author maintains that the key to explaining the decline of violence is to understand the "inner demons" that incline us toward violence and the "better angels" that steer us away. Thanks to the spread of government, literacy, trade, and cosmopolitanism, we increasingly control our impulses, empathize with others, debunk toxic ideologies, and deploy our powers of reason to reduce the temptations of violence. The book is divided into 2 parts. The first part is an effort to describe a broad sweep of human history from prehistoric societies to the present, arguing for a progressive though intermittent decline in violence in human societies. The second part is an effort to understand the underpinnings of the decline in violence in terms of human psychological processes. We've all asked, "What is the world coming to?" But we seldom ask, "How bad was the world in the past?" In this book, the author, a cognitive scientist shows that the past was much worse; and that we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. Evidence of a bloody history has always been around us: genocides in the Old Testament, gory mutilations in Shakespeare and Grimm, monarchs who beheaded their relatives, and American founders who dueled with their rivals; the nonchalant treatment in popular culture of wife-beating, child abuse, and the extermination of native peoples. The murder rate in medieval Europe was more than thirty times what it is today. Slavery, sadistic punishments, and frivolous executions were common features of life for millennia, then were suddenly abolished. How could this have happened, if human nature has not changed? The author argues that thanks to the spread of government, literacy, trade, and cosmopolitanism, we increasingly control our impulses, empathize with others, bargain rather than plunder, debunk toxic ideologies, and deploy our powers of reason to reduce the temptations of violence.-- From publisher description.

Violence --- History. --- Psychological aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- Aspect psychologique --- ViolenceHistory. --- 856.2 Conflictbeheersing --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- World history --- Histoire. --- Aspect social. --- 858 Geweld --- Social problems --- Criminology. Victimology

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International movements --- National movements --- 815 Geschiedenis --- 820 Internationale Betrekkingen --- 822.1 Verenigde Naties --- 822.6 Militaire Bondgenootschappen --- 842 Media --- 850 Vrede- en conflictstudies --- 856.2 Conflictbeheersing --- 861 Vredesbeweging --- 872 Massavernietigingswapens --- 876.1 Defensie --- 883.3 Zuidoost-Azië --- 884.3 Zuid-Europa --- 884.4 West-Europa --- International organization --- History. --- History --- Wereld Federalisten Beweging Nederland --- WFBN

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#SBIB:004.IEB --- #SBIB:328H273 --- #SBIB:94H9 --- #SBIB:IEBMUSS --- 323 <437> --- 943.7 "1968/1978" --- 812 Ideologie --- 820 Internationale Betrekkingen --- 841.1 Democratisering --- 855.4 Militaire interventies --- 856.2 Conflictbeheersing --- 858.1 Politiek geweld --- 884 Europa --- 884.1 Oost-Europa --- Instellingen en beleid: Tsjechië, Slovakije en vroegere Tsjechoslovakije --- Geschiedenis van andere Europese landen

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800 Collectie Vlaams Vredesinstituut --- 813 Methodologie --- 822.4 Internationale financiële instellingen --- 825 Ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- 827 Geopolitiek --- 830 Economie --- 832 Ontwikkelingseconomie --- 834 Arbeid --- 837 Financiën en Bankwezen --- 841.1 Democratisering --- 842 Media --- 844.4 Mobiliteit --- 844.5 Gezondheid --- 850 Vrede- en conflictstudies --- 856.2 Conflictbeheersing --- 864 (Vredes)toerisme --- 874 Wapenhandel --- 876.1 Defensie --- 881 Afrika --- 881.3 Noord-Afrika --- 883.4 West-Azië --- Annual reports