本书为英国著名学者约翰·格雷又一部具有深远影响和震撼力的著作。在书中，作者从历史的角度出发，深入剖析各种预示末世宗教与乌托邦的由来及发展，并对这些曾造成人类巨大灾难的激进思想的实质进行分析和评价。此外，作者还尖锐地批判了当今美国盛行的新保守主义思想，指出它是现代末日预示荒谬言论的最新表现，最终也将破灭。

The book is another influential and powerful work by the famous British scholar John gray. In the book, the author from the perspective of history, with signs of latter-day deep insight into the origin and development of religion and utopia, and for those who had caused the human catastrophe analysis and evaluation of the nature of the radical ideas. In addition, the author has sharply criticized the neoconservative ideology prevailing in the United States today, pointing out that it is the latest manifestation of the preposterous speech of the modern era and will eventually be dashed.