The Four Horsemen The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution Foreword by Stephen Fry

Richard Dawkins , Sam Harris , Daniel C. Dennett , Christopher Hitchens , Stephen Fry 지음

Transworld 2019년 02월 14일 출간

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Known as the ？？four horsemen？？ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights ？？ about religion and atheism, science and sense ？？ speaks with urgency to our present age. Questions they asked of each other included: ？？Is it ever possible to win a war of ideas? Is spirituality the preserve of the religious? Are there any truths you would rather not know? Would you want to see the end of faith?？？ The dialogue was recorded, and is now transcribed and presented here with new introductions from the surviving three horsemen. With a sparkling introduction from Stephen Fry, it makes essential reading for all their admirers and for anyone interested in exploring the tensions between faith and reason.

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"We are slowly losing the hard-won right, gained by brave heroes of the enlightenment such as Voltaire and Hume, to be free to criticise religion without persecution and prosecution; the crime of blasphemy is creeping back. The words of Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris and Dennett are needed more than ever. These are the heirs to Voltaire."

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저자(글) Richard Dawkins

저자(글) Sam Harris

저자(글) Daniel C. Dennett

저자(글) Christopher Hitchens

저술가, 저널리스트, 문학과 문화 평론가. 타고난 우상파괴자이자 탁월한 논쟁가. 옥스퍼드 대학교에서 철학과 정치·경제를 전공. 대학 시절 트로츠키주의를 표방하는 국제사회주의자(IS) 그룹의 기관지 「국제사회주의」 통신원을 지내고, 졸업 후엔 런던의 좌파 주간지 「뉴 스테이츠먼」에 들어가 신랄한 위트와 가차 없는 논리로 헨리 키신저, 베트남 전쟁, 가톨릭 교회 등을 비판하면서 이름이 나기 시작했다. 81년 미국으로 옮겨가 ‘좌파의 기함(旗艦)’을 자처하는 정치 주간지 「더 네이션」과 「배니티 페어」등 진보적이거나 자유주의적인 잡지 신문들에 기고하며 많은 책을 펴냈다. 저서로 『신은 위대하지 않다』, 『토머스 페인의 ‘인간의 권리’』, 『토머스 제퍼슨』,『길고도 짧은 전쟁』, 『오웰의 승리』, 『헨리 키신저 재판』등이 있다.

저자(글) Stephen Fry