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With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997) Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all aspects of the theory and practice of music, showing the significance of music as an expression of the moral life. The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of music and the second consists of critical studie...

An exploration of the drama, music, symbolism and philosophy of Wagner's "Ring Of The Nibelung", by a well-known and respected philosopher. Coincides with a new production of the "Ring" at London's Southbank Centre in June and July.

Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterddam to which he was born, Spinoza developed a political philosophy that set out to justify the secular state ruled by a liberal constit...

Immanuel Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but is also one of the most difficult. In this illuminating Very Short Introduction, Roger Scruton--a well-known and controversial philosopher in his own right--tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring.

A provocative and passionately argued book from the writer and philosopher, which proposes that great harm and havoc has been wrought on the world by those who present themselves as optimists and idealists. A plea for reason and responsibility, written at a time of profound change. *Also appeared in April 11 Buyer's Notes*

Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher who has written on aesthetics, politics, music and architecture. He is Research Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Washington and Oxford and is Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. His most recent books, The Uses of Pessimism and Green Philosophy, were published by Atlantic Books.

Roger Scruton laat de lezer in Groene filosofie op een nieuwe manier kijken naar milieuproblemen. Scruton geeft geen gedetailleerde oplossingen voor specifieke milieuproblemen, maar plaatst de problemen in een zodanig perspectief dat ze onze problemen worden, die wij zullen moeten oplossen, gebruikmakend van onze morele uitrusting en in onze alledaagse omstandigheden. De milieuproblemen moeten niet worden geconfisqueerd door de staat. De taak ...

Here Scruton explains the connection between good wine and serious thought with a heady mix of humour and philosophy.>

His intricate analyses show how the insights of Hegel, Kant, and the phenomenologists, giving art a central place in human experience, can be given a firmer analytic basis in an empiricist philosophy of mind which extends beyond the accounts of Ryle and Wittgenstein." - Choice"This is an important book and one of the best to appear in a long while. There is a special reason to recommend the book to an American audience. Interest in Aesthetics ...

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Talks about the country dweller, who sees his or her world eroded by the wishy-washy liberal commands of Blairite do-gooders, who sit in North West London pontificating about the needs of country people. This book also deals with the devastations of the foot and mouth crisis that showed how the great divide between town and country dwellers.

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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is ongetwijfeld de meest invloedrijke moderne filosoof, maar ook een van de moeilijkste. De wijsbegeerte van Kant vormt het hoogtepunt van de filosofie van de Verlichting. De opgave voor Roger Scruton was dan ook verre van eenvoudig, maar hij is erin geslaagd een elegante en overzichtelijke inleiding tot Kants filosofie te schrijven. Hij onderzoekt de achtergronden van Kants werk en laat zien waarom zijn hoofdwerk: Kr...

Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677) was tegelijkertijd de gees­telijke vader van de Verlichting en de laatste hoeder van de middeleeuwse wereld. Nederlands beroemdste filosoof trachtte een verzoening tot stand te brengen in het conflict tussen de moraal en de intellectuele eisen van zijn tijd, en een visie op het menszijn te formuleren die niet alleen nood­zakelijk maar ook eeuwig vrij is. Ondanks Spinoza's dikwijls ontoegankelijke stijl heeft ...

Trade paperback. Scholar Roger Scruton explores the place of God in a disenchanted world in this response to the growing atheist culture.

In 'Eindeloos verlangen naar het heilige' verdedigt de gerenommeerde filosoof Roger Scruton de ervaring van het heilige tegenover hedendaagse, populaire vormen van atheïsme. Hij betoogt dat onze persoonlijke relaties, morele intuïties en esthetische oordelen verwijzen naar een transcendente dimensie in ons leven die niet louter kan worden verklaard door een natuurwetenschappelijke benadering. Ten volle te leven - en te begrijpen wie wij zijn -...

Following his celebrated book The Aesthetics of Music, Scruton explores the fundamental elements that constitute a great piece of music.>

The leading right wing high-profile and divisive intellectual author draws on his own experiences as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a sceptical age. Highly personal and witty. Now in paperback.

What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? In this stimulating volume, Roger Scruton offers a comprehensive account of the nature and significance of music from the perspective of modern philosophy. The study begins with the metaphysics of sound. Scruton 7istinguishes sound from tone, analyzes rhythm, melody, and harmony, and explores the various dimensions of musical organization and musical meaning. Taking on various fashionabl...