John Gray on the decline of violence

John Yamamoto-Wilson

Published Mar 15, 2015

John Gray argues in The Guardian that Pinker’s got his sums all wrong and there has been no decline in violence.

Crime and punishment. Revenge and retribution. History of the emotions.

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