[applause] >> thank you steven pinker this was a fantastic presentation. already people are lining up for the questions. i will ask again, i am never successful but i would keep trying. please keep your questions really brief so everyone gets a chance. and also please keep your answers brief. [laughter] it works both ways. if you are comfortable please say your name. >> my name is caroline and my question is germany. the most cosmopolitan and highly educated society arguably in europe and they did the most horrible crimes. >> is all little misleading to say it because there were sectors that are educated and cosmopolitan but also sectors that were tribal in their minds that and deeply anti-semitic even among the germany's leads there was a widespread rejection of the french business and rather than the acceptance of universal right this and the emphasis of individuals but the primitive embrace of tribalism. you are right to there was say flourish chain cosmopolitan in sentiment but the problem is they were all murdered. said general answer is when it comes

[applause] >> for more on steven pinker and his work, visit steven pinker.com. >> all eight of your books are -- is that fair to say? >> yes. i mean the first book was on the grounds for impeachment if billr clinton, slanderous ways that cn liberals lies..slanr actually the one, theon column talk to a liberal if you must, that covers everything under the sun including dating tips in washington. including dating tips in washington. >> host: "slander," treason, god less, guilty, demonic, are those fighting words? >> guest: zip by titles, aren't they? [laughter] like i said, i was thinking of calling this book "legion" or "my name is legion." but a small slice of christians would understand what i was talking about and, yeah, i want people to read my books. i put a lot of work in them, i think you'll learn things, i think you'll sigh the world in a -- see the world in a different way so, yeah, we give them zippy titles. we put me on the cover in the black cocktail dress usually because it annoys liberals. >> host: from if democrats had any brains, they'd be republicans? could be the best of

steven pinker presents his book, "the better angels of our nature." then at 8:30, condoleezza rice details her tenure in the bush administration. at 10 p.m. eastern, "after words," corey robin discusses the reactionary mind with s.e. cupp. that all happening tonight here on booktv. >> i want the start by talking about why i wrote the book and what i hope to accomplish with this book. i wrote the book because our party is certainly at a crossroads, and there's a division. and going forward, i truly believe we have to unite. as a matter of fact, i extended on one of my fox interviews an invitation for karl rove and i to kiss and make up. [laughter] we can go forward a united party, but i wrote, i do talk a hot about the cronyism of especially the republican party in delaware which those leaders have been ousted. but the reason i bring that up is not to perpetuate it or to fan the flames, but to put it to rest. and to say that, you know, if that, you know, that crony crowd would embrace the principles that the grassroots crowd that our party was founded