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Title: Soul of the Marionette, The: A Short Enquiry into Human Freedom
Author: GRAY JOHN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 07/04/2016
Imprint: PENGUIN
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
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.
ISBN: 9780241953907
Weight: 145g
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 192