Heresies: Against Progress And Other Illusions

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By the author of 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.

John Gray is Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. He is the author of over a dozen books, including False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, both published by Granta Books and Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern, published by Faber and Faber.