約翰·格雷（John Gray），英國當代著名哲學傢，曾任牛津大學政治學教授、哈佛大學和耶魯大學訪問教授、倫敦政治經濟學院歐洲思想史教授，被《衛報》稱為“英國最有思想的人”，2014年被《前景》雜誌評為當年世界10大思想傢之一。著作頗豐，重要作品有：《僞黎明：全球資本主義的幻象》《黑彌撒：末日宗教與烏托邦之死》等。

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").