STRAW DOGS Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Jeffrey Hale

CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION       1. The Human 1     Science Versus Humanism   Charles Darwin English naturalist, geologist and biologist. 2     The Mirage of Conscious Evolution   E. O. Wilson The greatest contemporary Darwinian. 3     Disseminated Primatemaia   James Lovelock Independent scientist, environmentalist, and futurist.   Jared Diamond American geographer, historian, and author.   Reg Morrison Author.   Lynn Margulis American evolutionary theorist and biologist.   Thomas Malthus English cleric and scholar.   Leonard C. Lewin American writer. 4     Why Humanity will Never Master Technology   Bill Joy One of the pioneers of the new information technologies.   Joseph Stalin Soviet Georgian revolutionary and politician.   Chairman Mao Former Chairman of the Communist Party of China. 5     Green Humanism   Brian J. Ford Independent research biologist, author, and lecturer.   Dorion Sagan American author, essayist, fiction writer, and theorist. 6     Against Fundamentalism - Religious and Scientific   Sigmund Freud Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.   Bertrand Russell British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian and writer.   Plato   Philosopher.   Augustine   Philosopher. 7     Science's Irrational Origins   Galileo   Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer.   Paul Karl Feyerabend Austrian-born philosopher.   Nicolaus Copernicus Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer.   Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher.   Karl Popper Austrian-British philosopher and professor.   Albert Einstein German-born theoretical physicist.   Isaac Newton English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, author.   Tycho Brahe Danish nobleman, astronomer, and writer.   Johannes Kepler German astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer. 8     Science as a Remedy for Anthropocentrism   Erwin Schrödinger Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist.   Werner Heisenberg German theoretical physicist.   Julian Barbour British physicist. 9     Truth and Consequences   Socrates   Greek philosopher.     Heinrich German physician.   Thomas Hobbes English philosopher.   Tertullian   Theologian who lived in Carthage. 10     A Pascal for the Enlightenment   Blaise Pascal French mathematician, physicist, inventor, Catholic theologian. 11     Humanism Versus Naturalism   Jacques Monod One of the founders of molecular biology. 12     Straw Dogs   Joel de Rosnay Sciences and scientific writer, President of Biotics International   William Golding Novelist.       2. The Deception 1     At the Masked ball   Immanuel Kant German philosopher.   Arthur Schopenhauer German philosopher. 2     Schopenhauer's Crux   Thomas Hardy One of writers deeply affected by Schopenhauer philosophy.   Joseph Conrad One of writers deeply affected by Schopenhauer philosophy.   Leo Tolstoy One of writers deeply affected by Schopenhauer philosophy.   Thomas Mann One of writers deeply affected by Schopenhauer philosophy.   Arnold Schoenberg American-Austrian composer.   Giorgio de Chirico Italian artist and writer.   Georg Hegel German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism.   Karl Marx German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist.   David Hume Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist. 3     Nietzsche's 'Optimism'   Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher. son of a Lutheran minister.   Lou Andreas- Salome Nietzsche's lover.   René Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.   Dionysus   Ancient Greek cult of the god. 4     Heidegger's Humanism   Martin Heidegger German philosopher and a seminal thinker.   Meister Eckardt German theologian, philosopher and mystic.   Angelus Silesius German Catholic priest and physician.   Edmund Husserl Heidegger's old friend and former teacher.   Karl Lowith German philosopher, a student of Husserl and Heidegger. 5     Conversing with Lions   Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic.   John Aspinall Gambler and conservationist. 6     'Postmodernism'   Protagoras   Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. 7     Animal Faith   Baruch Spinoza Jewish-Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi origin. 8     Plato and the Alphabet   Fritz Mauthner Austro-Hungarian novelist, theatre critic and satirist.   A. C. Graham Welsh scholarcand Sinologist. 10     The Poverty of Consciousness   Rebecca Stone Miller Author of Art of the Andes.   Antoni Gaudí Architect known as greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism.   Max Ernst German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet.   N. K. Sandars British archaeologist and prehistorian.   Anton Ehrenzweig Austrian author and psychoanalyst.   O. Potzl Neurologist. 11     Lord Jim's Jump   Benjamin Libet Pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness. 12     Our Virtual Selves   Francisco Varela Cognitive scientist.   R. A. Brooks Roboticist and author.   Eugene Marais South African poet and naturalist. 13     Mr Nobody   Goronwy Rees Welsh journalist, academic and writer.   T. H. Green English philosopher, political radical and temperance reformer.   Gregory Bateson English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist. 14     The Ultimate Dream   Henepola Gunaratana Buddhist meditation teacher.   Chuang-Tzu   Chinese philosopher. Aka: Zhuang Zhou, Zhuangzi. 15     The Experiment   Pyrrho   Founder of Greek Scepticism.   Alexander   King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.   Adi Sankara Indian philosopher and theologian. Aka: Shankara.   Nagarjuna   Indian philosopher   Yang Chu Chinese philosopher. Aka: Yang Zhu, Yang Zi, Yangzi.   Leo Shestov Russian writer.       3. The Vices of Morality 1     Porcelain and the price of life   Kaspar Utz Character from Bruce Chatwin's novel Utz.   Bruce Chatwin English travel writer, novelist, and journalist.   Roman Frister The prisoner who stole the cap. 3     The Unsanctity of Human life   William Lanner The man whose grave was opened by Dr George Stokell.   Dr George Stokell Member of the Royal Society of Tasmania.   Arthur Koestler Hungarian-British author and journalist.   George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.     Heller Russian historian.     Nekrich Soviet historian. 4     Conscience   Sam Hose Black Georgian who was tortured and executed.   Mary Turner Pregnant black woman who was brutally murdered. 5     The Death of Tragedy   Homer   Legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.   Marija Gimbutas American-Lithuanian archaeologist.   Prometheus   Titan, culture hero, and trickster.   Icarus   Son of the master craftsman Daedalus.   Euripides   Tragedian of classical Athens.   Dante Alighieri Italian poet. Aka: Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, Dante.   Varlam Shalamov Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor.   Gustaw Herling Polish writer, journalist, essayist.   Czeslaw Milosz Polish poet, prose writer, translator and diplomat. 6     Justice and Fashion   John Rawls American moral and political philosopher in the liberal tradition. 9     Morality as an Aphrodisiac   Graham Greene English novelist. 10     A Weakness for Prudence   George Santayana Philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. 12     Immoral Morality   Niccolò Machiavelli Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher.   Bernard de Mandeville Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist.   Aristotle   Greek philosopher and scientist. 14     Animal Virtues       4. The Unsaved 1     Saviours   D. H. Lawrence English writer and poet.   Nikos Kazantzakis Greek writer.   Ananda   Buddha's faithful disciple.   Robinson Jeffers American poet. 2     The Grand Inquisitor and Flying fish     Dostoevsky Russian novelist, short story writer, journalist and philosopher.   Joseph de Maistre French-speaking Savoyard philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat. 4     Atheism, the last Consequence of Christianity   Epicurus   Ancient Greek philosopher. 5     Homer's Vultures   Zarathustra   Ancient Iranian prophet, spiritual leader and ethical philosopher. 6     In Search of Mortality   E. M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist.   Cyril Connolly English literary critic and writer. 7     Dying Animals   Fernando Pessoa Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, publisher and philosopher. 8     Krishnamurti's Burden   Jiddu Krishnamurti Indian philosopher, speaker and writer. 9     Gurdjieff's 'work' and Stanislavski's 'Method'   G. I. Gurdjieff Mystic, philosopher, spiritual teacher, and composer.   Constantin Stanislavsky Russian theatre practitioner.   Peter Brook Theatre director.   Jerzy Grotowski Polish theatre director. 10     The Aerodrome   Rex Warner English classicist, writer and translator.   Francis Bacon English philosopher and statesman. 11     Nikolai Fedorov, Bolshevism and the -       Technological Pursuit of Immortality   Nikolai Fedorov Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher.   Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Russian rocket engineer.   Henri de Saint-Simon French political and economic theorist.   Auguste Comte French philosopher and writer. 12     Artificial Paradises   Havelock Ellis Physician, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer.   Richard Rudgley British author. 13     Gnosticism and the Cybernauts   William Gibson American-Canadian fiction writer.   C. G. Jung Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. 14     Inside the Phantomat   Ray Kurzweil American inventor and futurist.   Stanislaw Lem Polish writer and a trained physician.       5. Non-Progress 1     De Quincey's Toothache   Thomas de Quincey English essayist. 2     The Wheel   Marshall Sahlins American anthropologist,   Hugh Brody British anthropologist, writer, director and lecturer. 3     An Irony of History   Hans Moravec Futurist.   Jeremy Rifkin American economic and social theorist, writer, and activist. 6     A Billion Balconies Facing the sun   J. G. Ballard English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. 7     Twentieth-century anti-capitalists, the Phalanstery and -       the Medieval Brethren of the free Spirit   Raoul Vaneigem Belgian writer.   Charles F. Fourier French philosopher.   Guy Debord French Marxist theorist and philosopher.     Gallimard Debord's new publisher. 8     Mesmerism and the new Economy   Anton Mesmer German doctor with an interest in astronomy.   Jean Charcot French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. 11     The Myth of Modernisation   Francis Fukuyama American political scientist, political economist, and author.   Oswald Mosley British Politician. 13     The Lesson of Japan   Noel Perrin American essayist. 14     Russia in the Vanguard   Vladimir Lenin Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. 19     Posthuman Evolution   Samuel Butler English author.   Adrian Woolfson Author. 20     The soul in the Machine   George Dyson American-Canadian non-fiction author and historian of technology.       6. As it is 1     The Consolations of Action   Wyndham Lewis English writer, painter and critic. 2     Sisyphus's Progress   Sisyphus   Greek mythology Sisyphus or Sisyphos was the king of Ephyra.   Robert Graves British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist.

Straw Dogs suggested by Gerry Andeen