Sydney Writers' Festival 2008 - Online Program
John Gray Business Breakfast
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Described by the Independent as “the most lucid and compelling writer about political theory since Isaiah Berlin”, John Gray is Britain’s intellectual provocateur. Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics, regular columnist and the author of many books on political theory including the acclaimed international bestseller Straw Dogs, his new book is Black Mass, where he examines how religion drives politics. Join him over breakfast for an incisive overview of today’s global politics.

In association with the Lowy Institute.

Literary Lunch/Dinner  |  Current Affairs, History
Participants
John Gray, Sam Roggeveen (facilitator)

When
Wednesday, May 21 2008
07:30 - 09:00

Where
Café Sydney
5th Floor
31 Alfred Street
Sydney
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Cost
$95

Bookings
9250 1988
www.sydneytheatre.org.au

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JOHN GRAY (INTERNATIONAL)Gray, John by Eamonn McCabe
John Gray is most recently the acclaimed author of Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, Al-Qaeda, What It Means To Be Modern and Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions.

Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia, John Gray's powerful and frightening new book, argues that the death of utopia does not mean peace. He is Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics.

also appearing at...
57: What’s the Big Idea?
198: John Gray in Conversation
256: Commentariat

SAM ROGGEVEEN (LOCAL)
Sam Roggeveen a former intelligence analyst, is a fellow at the Lowy Institute. He blogs at www.lowyinterpreter.org.