The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (201 page)
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Authors: Steven Pinker
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in military revolution
nuclear
in schools
technology of
Weber, Max
Weber’s Law
Wegner, Daniel
Weinberg, Alvin
Wellington, Duke of
Wells, H. G.
West, Rebecca
Western society:
declines in violence compared with societies
hostility to accomplishments
humanistic movements in non-Western societies
see also
modernity
modernity
western U.S.
Westphalia, Peace of
White, Matthew
Who, The
Wiesel, Elie
Wiessner, Polly
WikiLeaks
Wilde, Oscar
Wilkinson, Deanna
Willard, Dan
Willer, Robb
Williamson, Laila
Willkie, Wendell
Wilson, James Q.
Wilson, Margo
Wilson, Woodrow
Wimer, Christopher
Winfrey, Oprah
Wirth, Christian
witchcraft
Witness
(film)
(film)
Wollstonecraft, Mary
Wolpert, Daniel
women:
and abortion
Amazons
in American West
antiwar views of
attitudes toward
competition for
and domestic violence
feminism
feminization
genital mutilation of
in harems
and Islam
as leaders
male control of
as pacifying force
peace activists
postpartum depression
as property
rape of,
see
rape
see
rape
rights of
self-defense for
“Take Back the Night,”
torture of
violence against
violence by
violence over;
see also
sexual jealousy
see also
sexual jealousy
World Bank
world government
World Health Organization (WHO)
World War I
and antiwar views
and influenza pandemic
as literary war
and nationalism
onset of
poison gas in
and World War II
World War II
causes of
destructiveness of
and ethnic cleansing
London Blitz in
and Pearl Harbor
and poison gas
Wotman, Sara
Wouters, Cas
Wrangham, Richard
Wright, Quincy
Wright, Robert
Xhosa people
Yamaguchi, Tsutomu
Yanomamö people
Yates, Andrea
Yemen
Young, Liane
Young, Maxwell
Younger, Stephen
young men:
African American
aggression of
in American West
in bachelor cults
and code of honor
and crime
in criminal gangs
and dominance
and drug culture
homicides by
in prison
socialization of
terrorists
tribal elders defied by
Yugoslavia
Zacher, Mark
Zambia
Zebrowitz, Leslie
Zelizer, Viviana
zero-sum games
Zimbardo, Philip
Zimring, Franklin
Zipf, G. K.
Źiźek, Slavoj
Zola, Émile
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