Straw dogs: thoughts on humans and other animals (Record no. 393792)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781862075962 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 128 |
Item number | G7S8 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Gray, John |
9 (RLIN) | 8467 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Straw dogs: thoughts on humans and other animals |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Gray, John |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Granta books |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003 |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xv, 246 p. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Straw Dogs is a radical work of philosophy that sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. From Plato to Christianity, from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche and Marx, the Western tradition has been based on arrogant and erroneous beliefs about human beings and their place in the world. Philosophies such as liberalism and Marxism enthrone humankind as a species whose destiny is to transcend natural limits and conquer the Earth. Even in the present day, despite Darwin's discoveries, nearly all schools of thought take as their starting point the belief that humans are radically different from other animals. In Straw Dogs, John Gray argues that this humanist belief in human difference is an illusion and explores how the world and human life look once humanism has been finally abandoned.<br/><br/><br/>http://grantabooks.com/Straw-Dogs |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Human beings |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Philosophy |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Philosophical anthropology |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Humanism |
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Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | 22/01/2018 | 15 | 662.03 | 128 G7S8 | 195807 | 04/01/2018 | 889.00 | 04/01/2018 | Book |