John Gray
Articles by John Gray
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Ideas
The end of a dream
- 10 December 2009
- 3 comments
Unreality is the defining feature of the fashionable ideas of the past decade. Perhaps only a more serious crisis will overturn these delusive fancies
Books
Uncivilisation: the Dark Mountain Manifesto
- 10 September 2009
- 5 comments
We have, it seems, led the planet into the age of ecocide. Can civilisation survive the unavoidable environmental catastrophe? To stand a chance we will need cool heads, not fiery dreams.
Books
The Red Flag: Communism and the Making of the Modern World
- 27 August 2009
- 9 comments
Western progressives nostalgic for the Soviet Union shouldn’t get too excited by the global financial crisis, writes John Gray. A fine new history of communism shows why
Books
Facts Are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name
- 16 July 2009
- 1 comment
The “historian of the present” Timothy Garton Ash claims to look at the world with unflinching honesty. But he is not facing facts
Books
When China Rules the World
- 18 June 2009
- 24 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
- 20 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
Books
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
