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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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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
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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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The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths
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Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
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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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3935:"BBC Radio 4 – A Point of View, Believing in Belief"
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Endgames: Questions in Late Modern Political Thought
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3469:"Going nowhere: Laurie Taylor interviews John Gray"
3240:. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 June 2008
4588:Depressive Realism: Interdisciplinary perspectives
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2748:Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans & Other Animals
2359:: Why an increasing number of people believe that
2295:, the British journalist, writer and broadcaster,
4126:(2: The Political Theory of John Gray): 171–188.
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3717:Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
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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
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2701:Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions
2423:Proportional Representation and a New Politics
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3869:"BBC Radio 4 – A Point of View, Kim Philby"
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2398:Capitalism and the Myth of Social Evolution
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1969:he argues that the idea that humans are
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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
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3670:. Oxford University Press. p.
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2293:How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World
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4177:* Interview on Novara Media (2023)
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4701:20th-century English philosophers
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4561:The Philosophy of Disenchantement
4536:Works by philosophical pessimists
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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
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4756:Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
3353:Cherniss, Joshua; Hardy, Henry.
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