Heresies - Against Progress and Other Illusions

Informationen zum Autor John Gray is is Emeritus Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement and the author of over a dozen books, including Heresies and the best-selling Straw Dogs which has been translated into 16 languages. False Dawn has been translated into fifteen languages. Klappentext By the author of the best-selling Straw Dogs, this book is a characteristically trenchant and unflinchingly clear-sighted collection of reflections on our contemporary lot. Whether writing about the future of our species on this planet, the folly of our faith in technological progress, or the self-deceptions of the liberal establishment, John Gray dares to be heretical like few other thinkers today. Zusammenfassung By the author of the best-selling Straw Dogs! this book is a characteristically trenchant and unflinchingly clear-sighted collection of reflections on our contemporary lot.

Product details

• Authors: John Gray
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2004
• EAN: 9781862077188
• ISBN: 978-1-86207-718-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book; RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy, Blasphemy, Heresy, Apostasy