{"product_id":"seven-types-of-atheism-9781250234780","title":"Seven Types of Atheism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the provocative author of \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an incisive, surprising intervention in the political and scientific debate over religion and atheism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen you explore older atheisms, you will find that some of your firmest convictions--secular or religious--are highly questionable. If this prospect disturbs you, what you are looking for may be freedom from thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a shrill, narrow derision of religion in the name of an often vaguely understood \"science.\" John Gray's stimulating and enjoyable new book, \u003ci\u003eSeven Types of Atheism\u003c\/i\u003e, describes the complex, dynamic world of older atheisms, a tradition that is, he writes, in many ways intertwined with and as rich as religion itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong a spectrum that ranges from the convictions of \"God-haters\" like the Marquis de Sade to the mysticism of Arthur Schopenhauer, from Bertrand Russell's search for truth in mathematics to secular political religions like Jacobinism and Nazism, Gray explores the various ways great minds have attempted to understand the questions of salvation, purpose, progress, and evil. The result is a book that sheds an extraordinary light on what it is to be human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11800472\"\u003eJohn Gray\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250234780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250234786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL004000\"\u003eAtheism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI022000\"\u003eReligious\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Gray \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of many critically acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Immortalization Commission\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Black Mass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been a professor of politics at Oxford, a visiting professor at Harvard and Yale, and a professor of European thought at the London School of Economics. He now writes full-ti\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669560824045,"sku":"9781250234780","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bfd4eb60-423b-43c3-bd9d-54c2c1e0fd09.jpg?v=1649477981","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/seven-types-of-atheism-9781250234780","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}