Gray's Anatomy by John Gray

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Why is the human imagination to blame for the worst crimes of the twentieth century? Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why is contemporary atheism just a hangover from Christian faith? This collection of essays intends to smash through humanity's cherished beliefs to overturn our view of the world, and our place in it.

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Gray's Anatomy by John Gray

Why is the human imagination to blame for the worst crimes of the twentieth century? Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why is contemporary atheism just a hangover from Christian faith? This collection of essays intends to smash through humanity's cherished beliefs to overturn our view of the world, and our place in it.
'The closest thing we have to a window-smashing French intellectual' - Andrew Marr 'The most important living philosopher' - Will Self
John Gray is most recently the acclaimed author of Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions, Al Qaeda and What It Means To Be Modern and Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia. He is Emeritus Professor of European Thought at the University of London.
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ISBN 13 9781846141911
ISBN 10 1846141915
Title Gray's Anatomy
Author John Gray
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2009-04-02
Number of pages 496
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