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Gray's Anatomy

byJohn Gray

Selected Writings

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'The most prescient of British public intellectuals' Pankaj Mishra, Financial Times

This edition is updated with a new foreword and two new chapters of John Gray's writing.

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.

Gray's dissection of modern delusion, cant and wishful thinking is to be welcomed in this moment of convulsion ... This is a book to learn from and argue with

Ben Wilson, Literary Review

About John Gray

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.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780141981116
  • Length: 640 pages
  • Dimensions: 197mm x 26mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 433g
  • Price: £14.99
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