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John Gray: In Conversation March 27, 2024
John Gray, emeritus professor of European thought at the London School of Economics, was a postliberal long before the label came into vogue. His latest book, The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism, examines the superstitions of progress and t...
The Return of Hobbesian Liberalism? January 23, 2024
State Leviathans are back, and this time they are even worse. John Gray holds little hope in his recent book The New Leviathans that a sane liberalism can prevail against the forces of hyper-liberalism in the West. Such hyper-liberalism has mutated f...
John Gray and Peter Thiel: Life in a Postmodern World January 18, 2024
Peter Thiel, who had a nomadic childhood as the son of German parents who eventually settled in America, co-founded PayPal, the online payments company, in 1998 at the age of 31. He ran the company, working alongside Elon Musk, until its sale to Ebay...
