'Why can't a human be more like a cat? That is the question threaded through this vivid patchwork of philosophy, fiction, history and memoir ... a wonderful mixture of flippancy and profundity, astringency and tenderness, wit and lament' Jane O'Grady, Daily Telegraph
'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' Montaigne
There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray's wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips with the philosophical and moral issues around the uniquely strange relationship between ourselves and these remarkable animals.
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JOHN GRAY is Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics. From 1998 to 2007 he was Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. He is the acclaimed author of Black Mass: How Religion Led the World into Crisis, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism and Gray’s Anatomy: Selected Writings. John Gray es doctor en psicologÃa, y autor de dieciséis bestsellers, incluyendo el famoso Los hombres son de Marte, las mujeres de Venus, uno de los libros más exitosos de los últimos años, traducido a más de cuarenta idiomas y del que en total se han vendido más de cincuenta millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo. Internacionalmente reconocido como experto en comunicación, relaciones y desarrollo personal, Gray ha dirigido seminarios de autoayuda durante casi tres décadas, y participa asiduamente en programas de radio y televisión, además de colaborar en la prensa escrita. Es miembro del American Board of Medical Psychotherapists and Psychodiagnosticians y de la American Counseling Association.
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