Pinker's Progress: The Celebrity Scientist at the Centre of Culture Wars
Pinker's Progress: Celebrity Scientist at Culture Wars Centre

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2021

How the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker became one of the world’s most contentious thinkers.

By Alex Blasdel. Read by Christopher Ragland.

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Illustration: Klawe Rzeczy/The Guardian

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