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A Political Philosophy - Arguments for Conservatism by Roger Scruton
Category: Philosophy
Roger Scruton's classic work on conservatism, reissued for a new political moment. Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture. In the book his arguments are recommendations with the aim of convincing the reader that rumors of th ...Show more
A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein by Roger Scruton
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Routledge Classics
Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern philosophy. Always engaging, Scruton takes us on a fascinating tour of the subject, from founding father Des ...Show more
Against the Tide - The Best of Roger Scruton's Columns, Commentaries and Criticism by Roger Scruton; Mark Dooley (Edited by)
Category: Non-Fiction
The definitive edition of the late Sir Roger Scruton's philosophical and political essays and reviews, now collected in one volume, edited by Mark DooleyThe philosopher Roger Scruton was the leading conservative thinker of the post-war years. In this book are assembled the very best of his essays and co ...Show more
Beauty - A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, ...Show more
Confessions of a Heretic: Selected Essays by Roger Scruton
Category: Classics
This collection of essays arises from a decade of engagement with the public culture of Britain and America. Some have been published in print or on-line; some are appearing here for the first time. I describe them as confessions, since they reveal aspects of my thinking which, if I am to believe the cr ...Show more
Conservatism by Roger Scruton
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Ideas in Profile
Roger Scruton looks at the central ideas of conservatism over the centuries. He examines conservative thinking on civil society, the rule of law and the role of the state on the one hand; and freedom (including freedom of expression and association), morality, equality, property and rights on the other. ...Show more
Conservatism - An Invitation to Political Philosophy by Roger Scruton
Category: Politics
This program includes an introduction read by the author.A brief, magisterial audiobook introduction to the conservative tradition by one of Britain's leading intellectuals.In Conservatism, Roger Scruton offers listeners an invitation into the world of political philosophy by explaining the history and ...Show more
Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands by Roger Scruton
Category: Non-Fiction
From one of the leading critics of leftist orientations comes a study of the thinkers who have most influenced the attitudes of the New Left. Beginning with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concluding with a critique of the key strands in its thinking, Roger Scruton conducts a reappraisal of such ...Show more
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands - Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton
Category: Reference
In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, Roger Scruton first surveys and then deconstructs the golden idols of left wing thought from the 1960s to the present day. He dissects the hollow works of Hobsbawm and E. P. Thompson, Galbraith and Dworkin, Sartre and Foucault and exposes the lack of coherence in the wor ...Show more
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton
Category: Non-Fiction
From one of the leading critics of leftist orientations comes a study of the thinkers who have most influenced the attitudes of the New Left. Beginning with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concluding with a critique of the key strands in its thinking, Roger Scruton conducts a reappraisal of such ...Show more
Frida Kahlo And My Left Leg by Roger Scruton
Category: Classics
A New York Times-bestselling author's personal examination of how the experiences, art, and disabilities of Frida Kahlo shaped her life as an amputee. At first sight of Frida Kahlo's painting The Two Fridas, Emily Rapp Black felt a connection with the artist. An amputee from childhood, Rapp Black grew u ...Show more
How to be a Conservative by Roger Scruton
Category: Politics
What does it mean to be a conservative in an age so sceptical of conservatism? How can we live in the presence of our 'canonized forefathers' at a time when their cultural, religious and political bequest is so routinely rejected? With soft left-liberalism as the dominant force in Western politics, what ...Show more