The Political Theory of John Gray

Routledge, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. John Gray is one of today's most brilliant, bestselling and controversial p olitical thinkers. This new collection examines him from a variety of stimu lating angles. This new volume, comprising original contributions from a number of disting uished political theorists, in addition to a reply by Gray himself, is the first book to systematically review the general significance of his work. H e is much cited and discussed within political and social theory, but he al so has a much wider audience, being one of those quite rare creatures in Br itish academic life, a public intellectual, writing regularly for the quali ty press and appearing on both radio and TV. His books sell in large number s, Straw Dogs reached the top five in The Sunday Times bestseller list and was very widely reviewed in broadsheets and weeklies. It was extravagantly praised by Will Self and chosen by novelist, Monica Ali as her book of the year. This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.