The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (188 page)
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Authors: Steven Pinker
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cerebral cortex
cerebrum
Dominance circuit
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
and empathy
Fear circuit
forebrain
frontal lobes
gray matter
hindbrain
hypothalamus
insula
Intermale Aggression circuit,
see
brain, Dominance circuit
see
brain, Dominance circuit
limbic system
maturation of
midbrain
motor strip
orbital cortex
damage to
and emotion
and empathy
and Equality Matching
and psychopathy
and revenge
and self-control
and violence
orbitofrontal cortex,
see
brain, orbital cortex
see
brain, orbital cortex
parietal lobes
periaqueductal gray
prefrontal cortex;
see also
brain, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; brain, frontal
see also
brain, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; brain, frontal
brain (
cont.
) lobes; brain, orbital cortex; brain, ventromedial prefrontal cortex
cont.
) lobes; brain, orbital cortex; brain, ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Rage circuit
rat
Seeking circuit;
see also
striatum
see also
striatum
and self-control
striatum, ventral
Sylvian fissure
temporoparietal junction
ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Brazil
Brecke, Peter
Bridges, Ruby Nell
Bright, John
Brisson, Jacques-Pierre
Britain/United Kingdom
animal rights in
colonies of
and Declaration of Human Rights
as great power
and homophobia
and IQ
and Long Peace
opium wars
political apologies by
and Roman Empire
slave trade
violence in
in war
see also
England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
England; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
British Empire
Broca, Paul
Broken Windows theory
Bronner, Ethan
Brooke, Rupert
Brooks, David
Brooks, Mel
Brophy, Brigid
Brown, Donald
Brown, Harold
Brown, Jeffrey
Browning, Christopher
Brownmiller, Susan
Broyles, William
Bruno, Giordano
Brunswick, Duke of
Buckley, William
Buhaug, Halvard
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
bullfighting
bullying
Bundy, Ted
Buñuel, Luis
Burger, Jerry
Burke, Edmund
Burks, Stephen
Burr, Aaron
Burundi, genocide in
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Buss, David
Byrd, James, Jr.
bystander apathy
“cads vs. dads,”
Cairns, Warwick
Calas, Jean
California:
animal rights in
genocide of Native Americans
Gold Rush
homicides in
self-esteem task force
“Three Strikes and You’re Out” law
violence among Native Americans
Caligula, Emperor
Calvin, John
Cambodia
Campbell, Martha
Camp David accords (2000)
Canada
domestic violence in
homicides in
military forces in
nationalism in Québec
terrorism in
violence in
cannibalism
Capitalist Peace
capital punishment
Caplan, Bryan
Carey, John
Carlin, George
Carlsmith, Kevin
Carnegie, Andrew
Carnot, Sadi
Carter, Jimmy
Carthage vs. Rome
Caspi, Avshalom
Castellio, Sebastian
cat, Rage circuit of
catecholamines;
see also
dopamine; MAO-A; norepinephrine; serotonin
see also
dopamine; MAO-A; norepinephrine; serotonin
categorical imperative
categorization
Cathars
Catherine, Saint
Cederman, Lars-Erik
Celsus
Centola, Damon
Central African Empire
Chabris, Christopher
Chad
Chagnon, Napoleon
Chalk, Frank
Chambri people
chance,
see
randomness
see
randomness
Chaney, James
Chaplin, Charlie
chariots
Charles I, king of England
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Chechnya
Chekhov, Anton
chemical weapons
Cheney, Dick
chiefdoms
children:
abuse and neglect of
adopted
bullying of
child labor
corporal punishment of
development of
education of
fatherless
infanticide
overprotecting
parent-offspring conflict
peer environment of
rights of
risk of kidnapping
sacralization of
sacrifice
socialization of
spanking
survival of
violence against
violence by
Chile
chimpanzees
China:
autocracy of
and commerce
conflicts in
Cultural Revolution
expansionist
female infanticide in
genocide in
Great Leap Forward
and great powers
historical scholarship in
homicide rates in
immigrants from
knives in
one-child policy in
Opium Wars
Taiping Rebellion
U.S. comity with
and Vietnam
warlord era
and Warrior Gene
Chirot, Daniel
chivalry
Chivington, John
Churchill, Winston
CIA, covert operations of
cities:
cosmopolitan
and health
population of
rise of
and suburbs
violence in
civil defense
civilization
emergence of
civilizing offensive
Civilizing Process
commerce
decivilization in 1960s,
and Enlightenment
etiquette
European homicide decline
and Humanitarian Revolution
introduction of concept
and Leviathan
in medieval Europe
recivilization in 1990s,
reduction in frequency of war
and Rights Revolutions
and self-control
and sexuality
and social class
in U.S.
around the world
civil rights
and Global Village
and homosexuality
and racist attitudes
voting rights
see also
African Americans
African Americans
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