《人性中的善良天使》 / The Better Angels of Our Nature

《人性中的善良天使》 / The Better Angels of Our Nature is the Steven Pinker book invoked in 178.母权论：伟大的错误or深刻的洞见？母权社会存在过吗？. The episode uses it to contrast modern claims about violence decline and feminization with Johann Jakob Bachofen’s mythic and spiritual-evolutionary account of mother-right.

The book’s role in the source is limited but important: it helps the hosts distinguish “women’s voice may reduce violence” from “ancient matriarchy is historically proven.” This contrast becomes part of Female Civilizing Power.

Connections

• Steven Pinker - author.
• Female Civilizing Power - concept derived from the episode’s Pinker comparison.
• [[MotherRight|《母权论》 / Mother Right]] - older work contrasted with Pinker’s evidence style.