The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Enquiry into Human Freedom - Rilegato

Gray, John

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ISBN 10: 1846144493 ISBN 13: 9781846144493

Casa editrice: Allen Lane, 2015

Riassunto

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In The Soul of the Marionette, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces - biological, physical, metaphysical - constrain our every action. Many writers and intellectuals have always understood this, but instead of embracing our condition we battle against it, with everyone from world conquerors to modern scientists dreaming of a 'human dominion' almost comically at odds with our true state.

This is a stimulating and enraging meditation on everything from cybernetics to the fairground marionettes of the title.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Gray is the author of a number of highly regarded and controversial books, including False Dawn, Straw Dogs and, most recently, The Silence of Animals. He has taught at Oxford, Harvard, Yale and the LSE. John Banville described The Silence of Animals as 'a marvellous statement of what it is to be both an animal and a human in the strange, terrifying and exquisite world in which we straw dogs find ourselves'.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Allen Lane
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1846144493
• ISBN 13: 9781846144493
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile