Mr Gray s book is darker, grittier and more ambitious. Mr Garton Ash is happy to lambastthe West s specific shortcomings but Mr Gray sets out to unpick the shallow philosophicalfoundations of the whole edifice, in particular the modern myths about progress andperfectibility. He demolishes the theory that we have reached the end of history, thedogmas of secular liberalism, the weaknesses of financial casino capitalism and the limits ofenergy-intensive economic growth. Such targets deserve his scrutiny and Mr Gray scriticisms are cogent. But he tends to overdo it. Again and again he attacks thepeople he calls neoliberals without pinning down whom he isattacking. The reader is left feeling a straw man has been dissected.
格雷的著作则更富阴郁而强硬的气息,其创作野心也更为远大。加顿阿什乐于抨击西方存在的具体缺陷,但格雷却着手拆解整个体系的浅薄哲学根基,尤其是关于进步和完美性的现代神话。在他的笔下,人类已达到历史的终结之理论,世俗自由主义的教义、金融赌场资本主义以及能源密集型经济增长被一一推翻。由格雷对此类问题加以缜密研究,实非牛刀杀鸡之举,而其批判也颇为中肯;不过他却往往走得太远,一次一次地,格雷对他所称的新自由主义者加以口诛笔伐,然而却几乎从不指明其具体的抨击对象。这让读者们不禁感到,格雷所剖开的只是一个稻草人而已。
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