Gray's Anatomy - Selected Writings

The most prescient of British public intellectuals'' Pankaj Mishra, Financial Timesbr>br>Updated with a new foreword and two new chapters of John Gray''s writing.br>br>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 long cherished beliefs, overturning our view of the world and our place in it.>

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: John Gray
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.11.2016
• EAN: 9780141981116
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198111-6
• No. of pages: 640
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 201 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Literary essays, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism