“Enlightenment Now” published

According to Khabaronline News Agency, Pinker, in this work which is considered one of his most important writings of the recent decade, attempts to review the actual state of human progress in areas such as health, security, economics, education, rights, peace, and quality of life through a vast volume of data, charts, and historical documents.

The book is organized into three main sections: “On the Idea of Enlightenment,” “Progress,” and “Reason, Science, and Humanism.” The first section begins with chapters on the courage to think, the intellectual roots of the Enlightenment, and the role of information in modern transformation.

The second section, which is the most extensive part of the book, covers various domains of human progress: from health and wealth to the environment, security, peace, freedom, equal rights, quality of life, and well-being. The third section also focuses on three axes: “Reason,” “Science,” and “Humanism,” examining the intellectual foundations of modern progress and analyzing their relationship with policymaking and the future of societies.