False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism
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'''''False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism''''' is a [[1998]] book by [[political philosophy|political philosopher]] [[John N. Gray|John Gray]] which argues that [[free market]] [[globalization]] is [[instability|unstable]] and is in the process of collapsing.
A [[2002]] edition includes a foreword that relates the themes of ''False Dawn'' to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] and the new [[Bush Doctrine|US military posture]] that led to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 Invasion of Iraq]]. Gray notes how the economic [[shock therapy]] in [[post-communism|post-Communist]] nations has resulted in "the resources of the vast [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] war machine ... [being] sold to the highest bidder ... [including] non-state forces that were waging [[asymmetric war|unconventional war]] ... [such as] [[terrorism|terrorist]] networks."<ref>John Gray, ''False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism'', [[Granta]] Books, p. xv (ISBN 1-86207-530-1, [[trade paperback]]).</ref> Also, the [[natural resource|resource]]-[[scarcity]] from global [[industrialisation]] is contributing to resource wars and a revival of [[The Great Game]].
In chapter one, Gray groups together thinkers such as [[John Locke]] and [[Karl Marx]] on the basis of striving for an [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[Utopia]] in which "a diversity of cultures ... [is] a stage to a universal civilization." Specific efforts to impose a "universal civilization" included [[Victorian era]] [[England]], the Soviet Union and, currently, the [[United States]] as "the [[hyperpower|last great power]] to base its policies on this enlightenment thesis", such as with the [[Washington consensus]].<ref>Ibid., p. 2.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Classical liberalism]]
*[[Neoliberalism]]
*[[Multinational corporation]]
*[[World on Fire]]
==Footnotes==
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