'The most prescient of British public intellectuals' Pankaj Mishra, Financial Times Updated with a new foreword and two new chapters of John Gray's writing. Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why do b
We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces - biological, physical, metaphysical - constrain our every action. This title draws together the religious, philosop
'By nature volatile and discordant, the human animal looks to silence for relief from being itself while other creatures enjoy silence as their birthright.' Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do
At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exact
Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines interaction of terrorism, declining world resources, human myths of redempt
