tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post98459913844332238..comments2023-12-23T02:10:09.875-05:00Comments on howl at pluto: Mitzen on PinkerLFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-49863520061873085312013-06-11T15:37:58.866-04:002013-06-11T15:37:58.866-04:00Anon,
So I take it you aren't buying the all-f...Anon,<br />So I take it you aren't buying the all-forms-of-violence-have-declined-because-we-have-Reason argument?<br /><br />Actually, Mitzen notes that Pinker gives "five historical forces...particular causal power: the modern state, commerce, feminism, cosmopolitanism, and the escalator of reason."<br /><br />'The modern state' strikes me as questionable on this list -- or should I say, the most questionable. LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-85779578536387569062013-06-11T13:53:26.803-04:002013-06-11T13:53:26.803-04:00Unfortunately, I suspect Pinker is mostly right ab...Unfortunately, I suspect Pinker is mostly right about the slowness of cultural change, particularly amongst people who aren't permanently set on fast-forward in the world of consumer capitalism. <br /><br />Not that I think he is right about much else ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com