Pinker, Steven,  1954- <br/><br/>
The blank slate :  the modern denial of human nature / 
Steven Pinker. 
 - New York :  Viking,  2002. 
 - xvi, 509 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-489) and index. 
<br/><br/> Official theory --  Silly putty --  Last wall to fall --  Culture vultures --  Slate's last stand --  Political scientists --  Holy trinity --  Fear of inequality --  Fear of imperfectibility --  Fear of determinism --  Fear of nihilism --  In touch with reality --  Out of our depths --  Many roots of our suffering --  Sanctimonious animal --  Politics --  Violence --  Gender --  Children --  Arts --  Donald E. Brown's list of human universals  PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine --  PART II. Fear and loathing --  PART III. Human nature with a human face --  PART IV. Know thyself --  PART V. Hot buttons --  PART VI. Voice of the species --  Appendix: 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0670031518 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002022719 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20030044367 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nature and nurture.<br/>Hr��?�d��?�it ��?�et milieu.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF341  / .P47 2002