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Philosophy
In Philosophy: Principles and Problems Roger Scruton shares the ideas and arguments which initially attracted him to the subject and those which have engaged his attention …
The Meaning of Conservatism
First published in 1980, The Meaning of Conservatism is now recognized as a major contribution to political thought, and the liveliest and most provocative modern statement of the …
Culture Counts
What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this book, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and …
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 …
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 …
Green Philosophy
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which has seen the principal threats to the earth as issuing from international capitalism, …
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
A devastating critique of New Left thinking. In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, Roger Scruton first surveys and then deconstructs the golden idols of left wing thought from the 1960s …
The Ring of Truth
'The ideal interpreter of the Ring ... a fascinating and valuable study ... absorbing and convincing' Sunday TimesThe Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art …
My Battle Against Hitler
Now with a new foreword by Sir Roger Scruton. How does a person become Hitler's enemy number one? Not through espionage or violence, it turns out, but by striking fearlessly at the …
Sexual Desire
A passionate and consoling study of sexual love by one of Britain's finest philosophers. "A dazzling treatise, as erudite and eloquent as Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex" and …
Battle for Home
Drawing on the author's personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria, this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country's bitter conflict through the …
The Aesthetics of Architecture
Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the …