John Nicholas Gray ( born John 04/17/1948, South Shields , England) is an English-British political philosopher with interests in analytical philosophy and the history of ideas. Until 2008, prof. European thought of the London School of Economics (then emmerit). He regularly appears on the pages of “Guardian”, “Times Literary Supplement” and “New Statesman”, in the latter he has been conducting a book review since 2009. The author of more than 30 books, he became popular as a writer, and the book “Straw Dogs” (2002) [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] brought him special fame.
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| Influenced | J. S. Mill , I. Berlin , J. G. Ballard |
Born in a working class family. He studied philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Oxford Exeter College, which he graduated in 1968 with a bachelor of arts, master's and Ph.D.
He taught political science at Essex University, after in 1976-97. professor of politics at Oxford - at College of Jesus. In 1985-6. invited prof. at Harvard, in 1991 - at Tulane University, in 1994 - at Yale. He left Oxford to occupy the specially created chair for him as a professor of European thought at the London School of Economics - until 2008, then emmerit .
Since April 2009, he has been conducting a book review in New Statesman [13] .
Married to a Japanese woman, with whom they love cats [14] . They do not have children [13] .
In the 1980s, Gray showed sympathy for Thatcherism , which he left in 1987, when, in his own words, the structural similarities of Thatcherist neoliberalism and Marxism-Leninism became apparent to him [13] . In the mid-1990s, he briefly fell into the orbit of the nascent New Laborism , but began to criticize Blair when he began to move toward Thatcherism [13] . Now he is non-partisan formally and convinced [13] . In his own words, he seeks to establish a more confident type of thinking [13] . Atheist.
The figure was influenced by John Stuart Mill [13] , Isaiah Berlin [14] , and writer James G. Ballard [15] .
A supporter of the opinion that Marx was right about capitalism , but a mistake about communism [16] [17] .
In 1996, his monograph Isaiah Berlin. Interpretation of His Thought ”(Isaiah Berlin: An Interpretation of His Thought). His best-selling book was Straw Dogs (2002). His books have been translated into more than ten languages [18] .
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- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 121409678 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project
- ↑ Library of Congress Authorities - Library of Congress .
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 121409678 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Internet Speculative Fiction Database - 1995.
- ↑ Record # 108180206 // VIAF - 2012.
- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.
- ↑ John Gray: forget everything you know , The Independent .
- ↑ Cowley, Jason . Observer review: Straw Dogs by John Gray , The Guardian (September 19, 2002).
- ↑ Appleyard, Bryan . John Gray's apocalypse , The Times .
- ↑ False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
- ↑ Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The NS Profile: John Gray
- ↑ 1 2 Forget your delusions and be happy, advises John Gray | Oxford today
- ↑ Ballardian "Fulfillment in a time of nihilism: John Gray and JG Ballard
- ↑ Karl Marx is never going to provide therapy for bankers | Jason Barker | Opinion | The guardian
- ↑ VersoBooks.com
- ↑ John Gray | Our Authors | Granta books