John Gray
Articles by John Gray
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Books
When China Rules the World
- 18 June 2009
- 9 comments
It is clear that the rise of China marks the end of western global hegemony, but just what the coming Chinese ascendency will look like is another matter.
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God Is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith Is Changing the World
- 21 May 2009
- 17 comments
Contrary to what evangelical rationalists preach, it is perfectly possible both to be modern and to believe in God. But there is no reason to assume that the American religious model will prevail
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Appreciation: J G Ballard
- 23 April 2009
- 1 comment
His writings were a lifelong experiment in imaginative alchemy, the transmutation of senseless dross into visions of beauty
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After the gold rush
- 23 April 2009
- 2 comments
The spree is over, the global economy is in ruins and our political masters are in disarray. Make no mistake, writes John Gray, the neoliberal era is over – but at what cost?
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A difficult business
- 16 April 2009
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Alain de Botton
Hamish Hamilton, 336pp, £18.99
Books
The book that changed my life
- 05 February 2009
- 2 comments
John Gray chooses The Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman Cohn
UK Politics
Maggie's gift to Gordon
- 20 September 2007
- 4 comments
David Cameron tried to break with the Tory past by modelling himself on Tony Blair. But with Margaret Thatcher back at No 10, his new clothes are looking sadly dated
UK Politics
Maggie's boy
- 07 May 2007
- 1 comment
"You were the future, once," David Cameron famously taunted Tony Blair - but, in our final assessment, John Gray argues that new Labour failed to extricate itself from the Thatcher past
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Lines of beauty
- 23 April 2007
At the Same Time
Susan Sontag Hamish Hamilton, 256pp, £18.99
ISBN 0241143713
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Freedom fighter
- 12 March 2007
- 4 comments
Isaiah Berlin believed that humans make their own destiny. But his encounter with Adam von Trott, Hitler's would-be assassin, suggests otherwise.
