John Gray

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British writer author human philosopher political philosopher

John Gray is a British political philosopher and author known for his critiques of liberalism, Enlightenment rationalism, and modern humanism.

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Label	Occurrences
John Gray canonical	10

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British writer ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ
almaMater	University of Oxford ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	Exeter College, Oxford ⓘ
employer	Harvard University ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ Tulane University ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ philosophy of liberalism ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ
hasView	argues that humans are animals among other animals ⓘ argues that modern political ideologies often function as political religions ⓘ argues that secular humanism is a continuation of Christian eschatology ⓘ criticizes global free‑market capitalism ⓘ criticizes utopian political projects ⓘ defends a pluralist, non-universalist conception of values ⓘ rejects the idea of linear human progress ⓘ
influenced	contemporary debates on liberalism ⓘ contemporary political realism in political theory ⓘ
influencedBy	David Hume ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Isaiah Berlin ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ Joseph de Maistre ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Michael Oakeshott ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
knownFor	analysis of value pluralism ⓘ critique of Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ critique of liberalism ⓘ critique of modern humanism ⓘ pessimistic view of human progress ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableWork	Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern ⓘ Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia ⓘ Enlightenment’s Wake ⓘ False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism ⓘ Seven Types of Atheism ⓘ Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals ⓘ The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths ⓘ Two Faces of Liberalism ⓘ
occupation	academic ⓘ columnist ⓘ essayist ⓘ political theorist ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	political realism ⓘ value pluralism ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics ⓘ

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Isaiah Berlin → influenced → John Gray ⓘ

Gray → hasNotableBearer → John Gray ⓘ

Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals → author → John Gray ⓘ

Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia → author → John Gray ⓘ

False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism → author → John Gray ⓘ

Enlightenment’s Wake → author → John Gray ⓘ

Two Faces of Liberalism → author → John Gray ⓘ

Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern → author → John Gray ⓘ

The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths → author → John Gray ⓘ

Seven Types of Atheism → author → John Gray ⓘ