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Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals

by John N. Gray · 2002

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'Straw Dogs' is a radical work of philosophy that challenges our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. John Gray explores how the world and human life look once humanism has been finally abandoned.

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religionreligionMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thismoralitymoralityMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thisenvironmentenvironmentMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 208 pages
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