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Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions

by John N. Gray · 2004

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By the author of the best-selling 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.

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