The Immortalization Commission

Informationen zum Autor John Gray is a political philosopher, whose books include Seven Types of Atheism, Straw Dogs, Black Mass, The Soul of the Marionette , The Silence of Animals and Feline Philosophy. He now principally writes for the New Statesman . Klappentext John Gray is most recently the acclaimed author of Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia , Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals , Al Qaeda and What It Means to be Modern , Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions and False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism . Having been Professor of Politics at Oxford, Visiting Professor at Harvard and Yale and Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics, he now writes full time. His books and articles have been translated into over thirty languages. His selected writings, Gray's Anatomy , were published by Penguin in 2009. Zusammenfassung At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exactly what it means to be human.

Product details

• Authors: John Gray
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.01.2012
• EAN: 9780141041889
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104188-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 199 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge