John Gray
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John Gray is a British political philosopher and author known for his critiques of liberalism, Enlightenment rationalism, and modern humanism.
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British writer
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author → human → philosopher → political philosopher → |
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University of Oxford
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United Kingdom
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Exeter College, Oxford
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| employer |
Harvard University
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London School of Economics → Tulane University → University of Oxford NERFINISHED → Yale University → |
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ethics
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history of ideas → philosophy of liberalism → philosophy of religion → political philosophy → political theory → |
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argues that humans are animals among other animals
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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 → |
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contemporary debates on liberalism
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contemporary political realism in political theory → |
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David Hume
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Friedrich Nietzsche → Isaiah Berlin → John Stuart Mill → Joseph de Maistre → Karl Marx → Michael Oakeshott → Thomas Hobbes → |
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analysis of value pluralism
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critique of Enlightenment rationalism → critique of liberalism → critique of modern humanism → pessimistic view of human progress → |
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English
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British
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Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern
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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 → |
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academic
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columnist → essayist → political theorist → |
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political realism
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value pluralism → |
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Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics
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Isaiah Berlin
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influenced |