book-review, The Freethinking Times https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/topics/book-review/ Articles tagged book-review at The Freethinking Times en Review: 'The Better Angels, Revisited' by Rachel Kessler https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/reviews/review-better-angels-revisited/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/reviews/review-better-angels-revisited/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A decade on from Pinker's optimistic argument about declining violence, Rachel Kessler's rejoinder is careful, data-dense, and refuses to flatten its disagreements into a headline. Reviews Staff Critic