The British bestseller "Straw Dogs "is an exciting, radical work of philosophy, which sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. From Plato to Christianity, from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche and Marx, the Western tradition has been based on arrogant and erroneous beliefs about human beings and their place in the world. Philosophies such as liberalism and Marxism think of humankind as a species whose destiny is to transcend natural limits and conquer the Earth. John Gray argues that this belief in human difference is a dangerous illusion and explores how the world and human life look once humanism has been finally abandoned. The result is an exhilarating, sometimes disturbing book that leads the reader to question our deepest-held beliefs. Will Self, in the "New Statesman," called "Straw Dogs "his book of the year: "I read it once, I read it twice and took notes . . . I thought it that good." "Nothing will get you thinking as much as this brilliant book" ("Sunday Telegraph").

约翰·格雷（John Gray），英国当代著名哲学家，曾任牛津大学政治学教授、哈佛大学和耶鲁大学访问教授、伦敦政治经济学院欧洲思想史教授，被《卫报》称为“英国最有思想的人”，2014年被《前景》杂志评为当年世界10大思想家之一。著作颇丰，重要作品有：《伪黎明：全球资本主义的幻象》《黑弥撒：末日宗教与乌托邦之死》等。