{"product_id":"9780140276053-the-blank-slate","title":"The Blank Slate","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Modern Denial of Human Nature\u003cbr\u003eRecently many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. This title shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature . both life-affirming and deeply satisfying' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our  environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature.  Violence is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e just a product of society; male and female minds \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e  different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our  parenting practices. To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows,  is not to condone inequality, but to understand the very foundations of  humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant . enjoyable, informative, clear, humane'  \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you think the nature-nurture debate has been resolved, you are wrong . this book is required reading'  \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An original and vital contribution to science and also a rattling good read'  Matt Ridley, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Startling . This is a breath of air for a topic that has been politicized for too long'  \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943023063137,"sku":"9780140276053","price":13.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32418277.jpg?v=1737274669","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140276053-the-blank-slate","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}