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"Straw Dogs is a 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, the Western tradition has been based on arrogant and erroneous beliefs about human beings and their place in the world. Philosophies such as liberalism and Marxism think of humankind as a species whose destiny is to transcend natural limits and conquer the Earth. Even in the present day, despite Darwin's discoveries, nearly all schools of thought take as their starting point the belief that humans are radically different from other animals. John Gray argues that this humanist belief is an illusion. The aim of Straw Dogs is to explore how the world and human life look once humanism has been finally abandoned." "Straw Dogs explores philosophical issues such as the nature of the self, free will, morality, progress and the value of truth. Drawing his inspiration from art, poetry, and the frontiers of science as well as philosophy itself, John Gray presents a post-humanist view of the world and of human life. Straw Dogs is an exhilarating, sometimes disturbing book that leads the reader to question their deepest beliefs."--Jacket.
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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
October 16, 2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Paperback
in English
0374270937 9780374270933
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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
May 2004, Granta Books
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
1862075964 9781862075962
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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
March 2003, Granta Books
Hardcover
in English
1862075123 9781862075122
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