Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals

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book philosophical work

Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals is a philosophical work by John Gray that critiques humanism and challenges beliefs in human progress, rationality, and moral exceptionalism.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
argues belief in progress is a modern myth ⓘ
environmental degradation is rooted in humanism ⓘ
history has no inherent moral direction ⓘ
humans are driven largely by irrational forces ⓘ
humans are not fundamentally different from other animals ⓘ
science does not guarantee moral progress ⓘ
secular humanism inherits Christian teleology ⓘ
author John Gray ⓘ
compares humans to other animals ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes Christian notions of human destiny ⓘ
Enlightenment optimism ⓘ
Marxist belief in historical progress ⓘ
belief in human progress ⓘ
human exceptionalism ⓘ
liberal humanism ⓘ
rationalist humanism ⓘ
followedBy Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia ⓘ
genre moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalStance anti-humanism ⓘ
anti-progressivism ⓘ
philosophical pessimism ⓘ
hasReception controversial ⓘ
widely discussed in contemporary philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
George Santayana ⓘ
James Lovelock ⓘ
Martin Heidegger ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject animal ethics ⓘ
anthropocentrism ⓘ
critique of humanism ⓘ
critique of progress ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
pessimism ⓘ
secular humanism ⓘ
notableFor bleak view of human prospects ⓘ
integration of ecological thought into political philosophy ⓘ
radical critique of humanism ⓘ
publicationDate 2002 ⓘ
publisher Granta Books ⓘ
title Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals self-link ⓘ

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John Gray → notableWork → Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals ⓘ
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals → title → Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals self-link ⓘ
Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia → inSeriesOfAuthorWorks → Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals ⓘ
this entity surface form: follows Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths → relatedWork → Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals ⓘ
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths → continuationOf → Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals ⓘ
this entity surface form: themes from Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals