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Book Synopsis: A bold, provocative reckoning with our current political delusions and dysfunctions. Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, his cold political vision continues to see through any number of human political and ethical vanities.
In his wonderfully stimulating book The New Leviathans, John Gray allows us to understand the world of the 2020s with all its contradictions, moral horrors, and disappointments. The collapse of the USSR ushered in an era of near apoplectic triumphalism in the West: a genuine belief that a rational, liberal, well-managed future now awaited humankind and that tyranny, nationalism, and unreason lay in the past. Since then, so many terrible events have occurred and so many poisonous ideas have flourished, and yet our liberal certainties treat them as aberrations that will somehow dissolve. Hobbes would not be so confident.
Filled with fascinating and challenging observations, The New Leviathans is a powerful meditation on historical and current folly. As a species we always seem to be struggling to face the reality of base and delusive human instincts. Might a more self-aware, realistic, and disabused ethics help us?
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Are you ready to challenge your understanding of the world and confront our current political delusions? Introducing "The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism" - a bold and provocative book that offers a powerful reckoning with today's societal dysfunctions. With its roots tracing back to Thomas Hobbes's groundbreaking "Leviathan" published in 1651, this book presents a cold political vision that cuts through the veils of human political and ethical vanities. Allow John Gray's stimulating insights to guide you as you navigate the contradictions, moral horrors, and disappointments of the world we live in. Get ready for a transformational journey that will force you to question your liberal certainties and explore a more self-aware and disabused ethics.
The collapse of the USSR seemed to suggest that a rational, liberal, well-managed future was within our grasp. But the 2020s have shown us just how naive such beliefs were. From the rise of tyranny and nationalism to the flourishing of poisonous ideas, our world has been plagued by terrible events. Yet, we continue to brush them off as mere aberrations. "The New Leviathans" challenges this complacency and urges us to confront historical and current folly with open minds.
Prepare to be captivated as you dive into a world of fascinating and challenging observations. Gray's profound exploration will make you question everything you thought you knew about human instincts and the ethical foundations of our society. Can a more realistic and self-aware ethics help us combat the base and delusive human nature that plagues us? Discover the answer within the pages of this thought-provoking book.
Embrace the opportunity to broaden your perspective and be part of a much-needed dialogue about the realities of our world. Don't miss out on your chance to explore new insights and confront the uncomfortable truths that shape our lives. Take the first step towards enlightenment by reading "The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism" today. Click here to grab your copy now.
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