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How to be a conservative
Roger Scruton’s How to be a Conservative presents the case for modern conservatism not in the terms of an elegy but rather as a practical example of how to live as a conservative …
Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition
"...one of the most eloquent and even moving evocations of the conservative tradition in Western politics, philosophy and culture I have ever read...the ideal primer for those who …
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
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 …
I Drink Therefore I am
Here Scruton explains the connection between good wine and serious thought with a heady mix of humour and philosophy. We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of …
How to Think Seriously about the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as …
Under omprövning : en antologi om konst, kanon och kvalitet
Under omprövning rymmer ett stort antal bidrag som förenas av att de utifrån ett kritiskt perspektiv diskuterar vår tids mest karakteristiska estetiska hållningar och konstnärliga …
Konservatismen
Den konservative tenkemåten er langt på vei er gått tapt sammen med forståelsen for røttene til kulturen vi er oppvokst i. Vi, både velgere og politikere, trenger ganske enkelt å …
On Hunting
To say that On Hunting is a book on fox hunting is like saying that Moby-Dick is a whaling yarn. Modern people are as given to loving, fearing, fleeing, and pursuing other species …
Kultur räknas : tro och känsla i en belägrad värld
Roger Scruton brukar räknas som Storbritanniens främste konservative filosof. Han har varit professor vid Birkbeck College i London och vid Boston University och gästprofessor i …
How to be a conservative
Roger Scruton's How to be a Conservative presents the case for modern conservatism not in the terms of an elegy but rather as a practical example of how to live as a conservative …
The Uses of Pessimism
Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fallacies that derive from it. In …
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy
"Philosophy's the 'love of wisdom', can be approached in two ways: by doing it, or by studying how it has been done," so writes the eminent philosopher Roger Scruton. In this …