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Milena Turner

    I Know You Got Soul
    Al Qaeda and what it means to be modern
    Wilt
    Straw dogs : thoughts on humans and other animals
    Kacířství : eseje proti pokroku a jiným iluzím
    • I Know You Got Soul

      • 190 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

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      I Know You Got Soul2013
      3,7
    • Anglický filozof a politolog John Gray pokračuje ve vytříbeném, přitom však velmi břitkém, až nelítostném odhalování klamné iluze lidstva, která se nazývá víra v pokrok. Eseje původně vznikaly pro londýnský týdeník New Statesman, lze je tedy považovat i za svého druhu komentáře ke světovému dění na prahu 21. století. Gray, u nás známý zejména knihami Slamění psi či Dvě tváře liberalismu, vidí lidskou historii nikoli jako vzestupnou spirálu vedoucí do vysněného lepšího světa, ale jako nekonečný cyklus, v němž na sebe vzájemně působí proměnlivé znalosti a neměnné lidské potřeby. Jediné, čeho můžeme dosáhnout, je snažit se zkrotit drsnější instinkty člověka-divocha a drobnou prací omezovat síly, které hrozí, že nás zničí.

      Kacířství : eseje proti pokroku a jiným iluzím2006
      4,0
    • Al Qaeda and what it means to be modern

      • 160 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      Far from being a throwback to medieval times, the fundamentalism of Al Qaeda is an entirely modern response to the world. This is the controversial view argued in John Gray's take on politics and globalization since September 11.

      Al Qaeda and what it means to be modern2005
      3,8
    • Straw Dogs is a 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, 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. John Gray argues that this humanist belief is an illusion. The aim of Straw Dogs is to explore how the world and human life look once humanism has been finally abandoned.Straw Dogs explores philosophical issues such as the nature of the self, free will, morality, progress and the value of truth. Drawing his inspiration from art, poetry, and the frontiers of science as well as philosophy itself, John Gray presents a post-humanist view of the world and of human life. Straw Dogs is an exhilarating, sometimes disturbing book that leads the reader to question their deepest beliefs.

      Straw dogs : thoughts on humans and other animals2004
      4,0
    • La más famosa novela de Tom Sharpe, en la que el autor no deja títere con cabeza. El protagonista, Henry Wilt, encadenado a un empleo demencial como profesor en un politécnico, acaba de ver postergado su ascenso una vez más. Mientras, las cosas no marchan mejor en casa, donde su maciza esposa, Eva, se entrega a imprevisibles arrebatos de entusiasmo por la meditación trascendental, el yoga o la última novedad recién olfateada. Wilt, que se siente impotente con respecto a su empleo, no vacila en entregarse a fantasías cada vez más asesinas y concretas acerca de su mujer, con la colaboración de una espectacular muñeca hinchable. A partir de la inopinada desaparición de Eva, Wilt se encuentra encartado como principal sospechoso de la presunta muerte de su esposa, y se pone en marcha una desopilante investigación policíaca...

      Wilt1999
      4,0