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John Gray

John Gray is the New Statesman's lead book reviewer. His latest book is "The Immortalisation Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death (Penguin, £9.99).

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Books
Unnatural: the Heretical Idea of Making People
10 February 2011

We human beings persist in thinking of ourselves as a unique species, endowed with special insight i

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How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism
20 January 2011

The piety and provincialism of Eric Hobsbawm.

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Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalisation
29 December 2010
Lifestyle
John Gray’s New Year’s resolution
29 December 2010
Books
The Wit and Wisdom of G K Chesterton
09 December 2010

G K Chesterton’s metaphysical nightmare.

International Politics
Why the West Rules – For Now: the Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future
04 November 2010

Ian Morris describes how western pre-eminence came about through accidents of geography, technology

Books
State of Emergency: the Way We Were - Britain, 1970-1974
04 October 2010
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Mao's Great Famine: the History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe (1958-62)
20 September 2010
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
02 August 2010

The ex-Northern Rock chairman Matt Ridley is an apologist for social Darwinism. His book is proof th

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We the Living
19 July 2010

Ayn Rand's laissez-faire tracts have enjoyed a revival in recent years – Alan Greenspan was an early devotee. Her thinking continues to influence all levels of US finance and politics.

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