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Seven types of atheism
- Title
- Seven types of atheism / John Gray.
- Author
- Gray, John, 1948-
- Publication
- [London] : Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 18-4247 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vi, [170] pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "A meditation on the importance of atheism in the modern world - and its inadequacies and contradictions - by one of Britain's leading philosophers. 'When you explore older atheisms, you will find 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. 'For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a shrill, narrow derision of religion in the name of an often very vaguely understood 'science'. John Gray's stimulating and extremely enjoyable new book describes the rich, complex world of the atheist tradition, a tradition which he sees as in many ways as rich as that of religion itself, as well as being deeply intertwined with what is so often crudely viewed as its 'opposite'. The result is a book that sheds an extraordinary and varied light on what it is to be human and on the thinkers who have, at different times and places, battled to understand this issue"--Publisher's description.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-170).
- Contents
- 1. The New Atheism: A Nineteenth-century Orthodoxy -- 2. Secular Humanism, a Sacred Relic -- 3. A Strange Faith in Science -- 4. Atheism, Gnosticism and Modern Political Religion -- 5. God-haters -- 6. Atheism without progress -- 7. The Atheism of Silence.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-4247
- ISBN
- 9780241199411
- 0241199417
- LCCN
- 2018379244
- OCLC
- 1008762858
- Author
- Gray, John, 1948- author.
- Title
- Seven types of atheism / John Gray.
- Publisher
- [London] : Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-170).
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-4247