{"product_id":"9780141979090","title":"Enlightenment Now","description":"Author: Pinker, Steven\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141979090\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Jan 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 576 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf  you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be  sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Yet, as Steven Pinker shows, if you follow the trendlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier,  safer and more prosperous - not  just in the West, but worldwide. Such progress is no accident: it's the  gift of a coherent value system that many of us embrace  without even realizing it. These are the values of the Enlightenment: of  reason, science, humanism and progress. The challenges we face  today are formidable. But the way to deal with them is not  to sink into despair or try to lurch back to a mythical idyllic past;  it's to treat them  as problems we can solve, as we have solved other  problems in the past. This is the case for an Enlightenment newly  recharged for the 21st century.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181135081630,"sku":"UBD-9780141979090","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780141979090.jpg?v=1787398772","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780141979090","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}