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1he most prescient of British public intellectuals'
PANKAJ MISHRA, FINANCIAL TIMES
'GrayMas consistently anticipated the shape of things
to come he teaches us that true humanism is to
be found in uncertainty and doubt'
WILL SELF
Why is progress a pernicious myth?
Why do beliefs that humanity can be improved
end in farce or horror?
Is atheism a hangover from Christian faith?
John Gray, one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our
time, smashes through civilization's most cherished beliefs,
overturning our view of the world, and our place in it.
'Gray's dissection of modern delusion, cant and wishful
thinking is to be welcomed in this moment of convulsion
This is a hook to learn from and argue with'
BEN WILSON, LITERARY REVIEW
'A thoroughly enjoyable book These essays cover a
remarkable range r topics; from Isaiah Berlin to Damien Hirst,
from torture to envn omritntalism. But their unifying theme is
that our naive belief in th? 'lea of progress has turned...
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Fülszöveg
1he most prescient of British public intellectuals'
PANKAJ MISHRA, FINANCIAL TIMES
'GrayMas consistently anticipated the shape of things
to come he teaches us that true humanism is to
be found in uncertainty and doubt'
WILL SELF
Why is progress a pernicious myth?
Why do beliefs that humanity can be improved
end in farce or horror?
Is atheism a hangover from Christian faith?
John Gray, one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our
time, smashes through civilization's most cherished beliefs,
overturning our view of the world, and our place in it.
'Gray's dissection of modern delusion, cant and wishful
thinking is to be welcomed in this moment of convulsion
This is a hook to learn from and argue with'
BEN WILSON, LITERARY REVIEW
'A thoroughly enjoyable book These essays cover a
remarkable range r topics; from Isaiah Berlin to Damien Hirst,
from torture to envn omritntalism. But their unifying theme is
that our naive belief in th? 'lea of progress has turned
modern life into a constant round of shadow-boxing'
DAVID RUNCIMAN, OBSERVER
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