Gray’s Blues: Pessimism as a Political Project

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 9 (2):263--284 (2006)
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(2006). Gray’s Blues: Pessimism as a Political Project. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol. 9, The Political Theory of John Gray, pp. 263-284

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Glen Newey
PhD: University of York; Last affiliation: Leiden University

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Reply to Critics.John Gray - 2006 - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 9 (2):323-347.

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Ruling Passions: A Theory of Practical Reasoning.Simon Blackburn - 1998 - New York: Oxford University Press UK.
Straw dogs: thoughts on humans and other animals.John Gray - 2003 - New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Isaiah Berlin.John Gray - 1997 - Princeton University Press.

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