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A radical 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 and Marx, 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.
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Straw Dogs, John Gray
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- Released
- 2003
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- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Straw Dogs
- Subtitle
- Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Gray
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 246
- ISBN10
- 1862075123
- ISBN13
- 9781862075122
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Philosophical Topics, Politics, Science, Society, History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophical Anthropology
- Description
- A radical 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 and Marx, 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.