Black mass

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Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, human myths of redemption and a flawed belief in Western democracy, and shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse.

A prophetic warning against the foolishness of crusades, John Gray's Black Mass challenges our belief in human progress.

Our conventional view of history is wrong. It is founded on a pernicious myth of an achievable utopia that in the last century alone caused the murder of tens of millions.

In Black Mass John Gray tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to the human project, examines the interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, environmental change, human myths of redemption and a flawed belief in Western democracy, and shows us how a misplaced faith in our ability to improve the world has actually made it far worse.

'Brilliant, frightening, devastating'
John Banville, Guardian

'A brilliant polemic ... Gray's most powerful argument yet'
J.G. Ballard, Guardian, Books of the Year

'Causes vertigo when it does not cause outrage'
Sunday Times

'Exhilarating, invigorating'
Literary Review

'Savage. Gray raises profound and valid doubts about the conventional "plot" of modern history'
Financial Times

'A load of bollocks ... could hardly be more bonkers if it was crawling with lizards'
Sunday Telegraph

John Gray has been Professor of Politics at Oxford University, Visiting Professor at Harvard and Yale and Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. His books include False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals and The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death. His selected writings, Gray's Anatomy, was published in 2009.

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Zwarte mis

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het na eve geloof in grote utopische projecten is een van de grootste valkuilen van de mens zei john gray in een interview dachten we in de eerste jaren na het einde van de koude oorlog nog dat de grote utopische systemen verleden tijd waren tegenwoordig zijn ze vitaler dan ooit daarmee do Voor 0:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Black Mass

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Our conventional view of history and human progress is wrong it is founded on a pernicious myth of an acheivable utopia that in the last century alone caused the murder of tens of millions in black mass john gray tears down the religious political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamenta Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Straw Dogs

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The british bestseller straw dogs is an exciting radical work of philosophy which sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human from plato to christianity from the enlightenment to nietzsche and marx the western tradition has been based on arrogant and err Uiterlijk 29 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 april 2008

Aantal pagina's: 352

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: John Gray

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 131 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 125 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm

Verpakking lengte: 189 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 432 g

EAN: 9780141025988

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