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More generally, agonistic liberalism could be used to describe any kind of liberalism that claims its own value commitments do not form a complete vision of politics and society, and that one instead needs to look for what Berlin calls an "uneasy equilibrium" between competing values. In Gray's view,
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was taken over by secular idealism and became a political religion with universal emancipation as its aim. Communism, fascism and "global democratic capitalism" are characterised by Gray as Enlightenment "projects" which have led to needless suffering, in Gray's view, as a result of their ideological
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Furthermore, he argues that this belief in progress, commonly imagined to be secular and liberal, is in fact derived from an erroneous Christian notion of humans as morally autonomous beings categorically different from other animals. This belief, and the corresponding idea that history makes sense,
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seeks sanctuary in twelfth-century monasteries, for Gray our only hope of salvation is to embrace Eastern mysticism ... Taoism seems to be his favoured creed but it is hard to interpret Gray's prescriptions with any certainty, partly because of his scattergun style but mostly because he changes his
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magazine, "is that torture not only came back, but was embraced by liberals, and defended by liberals. Now there are a lot of people, both liberal and conservative, who say, 'Well, it's a very complicated issue.' But it wasn't complicated until recently. They didn't say that five or ten years ago."
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has received particular praise. J. G. Ballard wrote that the book "challenges most of our assumptions about what it means to be human, and convincingly shows that most of them are delusions" and described it "a powerful and brilliant book", "an essential guide to the new millennium" and "the most
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position, on the basis that the world was changing irrevocably through technological inventions, realigned financial markets and new economic power blocs and that the left failed to comprehend the magnitude and nature of this change. In the 1990s Gray became an advocate for
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was praised by George Soros as "a powerful analysis of the deepening instability of global capitalism" which "should be read by all who are concerned about the future of the global economy". John Banville praised
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Gray has discussed James Lovelock's new ideas on evolution's next step: a species beyond humanity that will be better able to co-exist with other species on this planet in the distant future.
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Gray's political thought is noted for its mobility across the political spectrum over the years. As a student, Gray was on the left and continued to vote
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as "The first survey of my work which not only fully understands but is able to carry on my ideas beyond the point at which I left off."
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The darkness within. John Gray on why the left is in flight from "human nature". John Gray. Published in New Statesman 16 September 2002
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thinkers who believe humans can take charge of their own destiny to prevent environmental degradation are, in this view, not
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has written that John Gray is the modern thinker for whom he has the most respect, calling him "prophetic".
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rested on "blanket assertion", and criticised Gray's use of the term "plague of people" as an outdated "
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by the United States against terrorist suspects. "What's interesting", Gray said in an interview in
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as his starting point, he explores what he sees as the modern-day folly unfolding in Europe.
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Gray contends, in opposition to this view, that history is not progressive, but cyclical.
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or is progressing towards something, is in Gray's view merely a Christian prejudice.
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Gray was born into a working-class family, with a docker-turned-carpenter father, in
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Audio: John N. Gray in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion programme
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many contemporary liberal theorists would fall into this category, for instance
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Colls, Robert (10 January 2003). "Ethics Man: John Gray's New Moral World".
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The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death
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The Tragical as World Law and Humour as Aesthetic Shape of the Metaphysical
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Enlightenment's Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age
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Central to the doctrine of humanism, in Gray's view, is the inherently
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for 150 pages before conceding that there is something to be said for
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Beyond the New Right: Markets, Government and the Common Environment
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into the mid-1970s. By 1976 he had shifted towards a right-liberal
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Among philosophers, he is known for a thoroughgoing rejection of
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Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
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After Social Democracy: Politics, Capitalism and the Common Life
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Anti-Natalism: Rejectionist Philosophy from Buddhism to Benatar
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He presented a second sequence from November 2014, sharing his
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Gray's work has been praised by, amongst others, the novelists
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
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Tony Burns (1999). "John Gray and the Death of Conservatism".
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The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Inquiry into Human Freedom
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He formerly held posts as lecturer in political theory at the
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George Crowder (2006). "Gray and the Politics of Pluralism".
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The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
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Gray's Progress: From Liberalisms to Enlightenment's Wake
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Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
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Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
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agents does not pass the acid test of experience. Those
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Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
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and for exploration of the uneasy relationship between
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until his retirement from academic life in early 2008.
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Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860–1900
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In August and September 2011, he made six broadcasts:
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Gray has written several influential books, including
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John Gray radio interview on the 'Philosopher's Zone'
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Two-part interview conducted by Henk de Berg (2019).
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Dark Matters: Pessimism and the Problem of Suffering
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Endgames: Questions in Late Modern Political Thought
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project currently in the process of disintegration;
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Ballard in 4672: 3717:Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals 3457:Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals 3312:Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals 2353:and so many others failed to predict the future. 2112:Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals 340:London School of Economics and Political Science 307:(PPE), completing his B.A., M.Phil. and D.Phil. 255:Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals 215:London School of Economics and Political Science 3181:Gray, John; Pelczynski, Zbigniew, eds. (1984). 2514:Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life 2459:in 1998, was named in his honour. The official 2245:in equal measure, Gray scoffs at the notion of 297:South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Boys 235:, where he is the lead book reviewer. He is an 4117: 3645:False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism 3530: 3528: 3412:False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism 3180: 2844:False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism 2819:False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism 2701:Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions 2423:Proportional Representation and a New Politics 245:False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism 4321: 3641: 3639: 3452: 3450: 3448: 3446: 3444: 3442: 3440: 2962:Post-Liberalism: Studies in Political Thought 2490:The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism 1804: 3710: 3708: 2308:mind so often. A line on the dust-jacket of 2268:The academic and author Danny Postel of the 4746:Academics of the London School of Economics 4335: 3869:"BBC Radio 4 – A Point of View, Kim Philby" 3680:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199793747.001.0001 3525: 3416: 3008:Liberalisms: Essays in Political Philosophy 2398:Capitalism and the Myth of Social Evolution 322:. He has served as a visiting professor at 4328: 4314: 4096: 4036: 3636: 3437: 2321:John Gray has made several broadcasts for 1811: 1797: 53: 3705: 3657: 3579: 3352: 3285: 3283: 3258: 2438:"Brexit and Illiberal Europe" (July 2018) 2418:In March 2023 he made another broadcast: 30:For other people with similar names, see 27:English political philosopher (born 1948) 4921:Writers about activism and social change 3761: 3627:"DARK AGES AMERICA: Our Common Humanity" 3373:§4. Ethical Thought and Value Pluralism. 3112:(Rev. ed.). London & New York: 1969:he argues that the idea that humans are 1381:Alliance EPP: European People's Party UK 4302:The Journal of Libertarian Studies 2007 4198:Myth Congeniality: John Gray discusses 3540:"John Gray: forget everything you know" 3360:The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 3289: 3160:(2nd ed.). 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Oxford University Press. p.  3561:Cowley, Jason (19 September 2002). 3204: 2379:Churchill, Chance and the Black Dog 2293:How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World 1246:Tradition and the Individual Talent 346:Political and philosophical thought 197:(born 17 April 1948) is an English 24: 4936:Member of the Mont Pelerin Society 4931:Writers about religion and science 4625:History of philosophical pessimism 4177:* Interview on Novara Media (2023) 4090: 3794:Postel, Danny (22 December 2003). 3782: 3606:Berman, Morris (11 January 2013). 3290:Preston, John (28 February 2013). 2381:: The chance encounters that made 1907:, while moving towards aspects of 314:, fellow and tutor in politics at 305:philosophy, politics and economics 286: 25: 4952: 4916:Theorists on Western civilization 4871:British philosophers of education 4731:21st-century English philosophers 4726:21st-century English male writers 4701:20th-century English philosophers 4696:20th-century English male writers 4561:The Philosophy of Disenchantement 4536:Works by philosophical pessimists 4166: 4152:The Political Theory of John Gray 3764:"Review: Straw Dogs by John Gray" 3702:Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings 3625:Berman, Morris (10 August 2023). 3608:"The Hula Hoop Theory of History" 3563:"Review: Straw Dogs by John Gray" 3471:. Newhumanist.org.uk. 31 May 2007 3334:. Newstatesman.com. 16 April 2009 3259:De Botton, Alain (4 March 2013). 2653:Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings 2630:Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings 2385:Britain's wartime Prime Minister. 1891:More recently, he has criticised 4826:Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford 4811:English male non-fiction writers 4756:Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford 3353:Cherniss, Joshua; Hardy, Henry. 2061:, historian and cultural critic 1778: 1766: 1481:Conservative Democratic Alliance 1156:A Vindication of Natural Society 373: 217:. Gray contributes regularly to 4886:British philosophers of science 4861:British philosophers of culture 4741:21st-century English historians 4721:21st-century British economists 4711:20th-century English historians 4691:20th-century British economists 4526:Discomfort and Moral Impediment 4022: 3997: 3971: 3949: 3927: 3905: 3883: 3861: 3839: 3814: 3755: 3733: 3696: 3648: 3618: 3599: 3573: 3554: 3516: 3483: 3461: 3135:J.S. Mill's On Liberty in Focus 3056:(2nd ed.). Milton Keynes: 2337:Greece and the Meaning of Folly 1990:Christian doctrine of salvation 1396:Conservative and Unionist Party 334:'s Murphy Institute (1991) and 4911:English political philosophers 4891:Philosophers of social science 4736:21st-century British essayists 4706:20th-century British essayists 3959:. Bbc.co.uk. 25 September 2011 3937:. Bbc.co.uk. 18 September 2011 3915:. Bbc.co.uk. 11 September 2011 3492:"John Gray: Post-American Age" 3405: 3376: 3346: 3324: 3314:, (Granta Books 2002), p. 12. 3304: 3252: 3230: 2408:Dostoevsky and Dangerous Ideas 2069:, the environmental scientist 2065:, investor and philanthropist 1831:and liberalism in the work of 1726:Politics of the United Kingdom 1286:Our Culture, What's Left of It 328:Bowling Green State University 272:thinking in the modern world. 13: 1: 4485:Philosophy of the Unconscious 4171: 3893:. Bbc.co.uk. 4 September 2011 3357:. In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). 3223: 3035:University of Minnesota Press 1993:allegiance to this religion. 1716:List of British conservatives 295:, County Durham. He attended 226:The Times Literary Supplement 201:and author with interests in 4876:British philosophers of mind 4791:British critics of religions 4766:Anti-globalization activists 4650:Benatar's asymmetry argument 4492:The Philosophy of Redemption 3715:Gray, John (29 April 2024). 3490:Obrist, Hans Ulrich (2008). 2357:The Revolution of Capitalism 2316: 2222: 2187:; by Hugh Lawson Tancred in 2027: 2008:appears in Gray's 1995 book 1981:, but apostles of humanism. 1721:Philosophy of Thomas Carlyle 7: 4926:Writers about globalization 4191:part II: Political populism 3871:. Bbc.co.uk. 28 August 2011 3849:. Bbc.co.uk. 21 August 2011 3332:"The NS Profile: John Gray" 2451:, discovered by astronomer 2237:, who has written: "mixing 2083:described Gray's 1984 book 1448:Veterans and People's Party 10: 4957: 4896:Philosophers of technology 4796:Criticism of transhumanism 4771:Anti-globalization writers 3158:Mill on Liberty: A Defence 2442: 2428:Other programmes include: 2257:: the kind of starry-eyed 2057:, the political scientist 2032: 1988:as the point at which the 1471:Blue Collar Conservativism 1416:Traditional Unionist Voice 1391:Christian Peoples Alliance 36:John Grey (disambiguation) 32:John Gray (disambiguation) 29: 4881:Philosophers of pessimism 4866:Philosophers of economics 4856:People from South Shields 4801:English environmentalists 4776:British atheism activists 4607: 4544: 4454: 4447: 4416: 4343: 4132:10.1080/13698230600655008 4111:10.1080/13569779908449987 3137:. London & New York: 3010:. London & New York: 2987:. London & New York: 2964:. London & New York: 2941:. 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