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Roger Scruton was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. He taught for twenty years in the department of philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London, and is now Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, Massachusetts. He is the editor of the Salisbury Review. His works include Art and Imagination, The Aesthetics of Architecture, The Meaning of Conservatism, Sexual Desire, Modern Philosophy and The Philosopher on Dover Beach. He has w...

Beginning from purely philosophical premises, and ranging over human life, art and institutions, the author surveys the entire field of sexuality. Dissatisfied with puritanism and permissiveness, he argues for a radical break. Upholding traditional morality - his argument gravitates to that which is consoling in the experience of sexual love.

Set in the twilight years of the Czechoslovak communist regime, recalled from the suburbs of Washington, this novel describes a doomed love affair between two young people trapped by the system. Roger Scruton evokes a world in which every word and gesture bears a double meaning, as people seek to find truth amid the lies and love in the midst of betrayal. The novel tells the story of Jan Reichl, condemned to a menial life by his father's alleg...

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This new edition takes stock of the revolutionary changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982. 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought providing an indispensable guide to the thought, the wisdom and the folly of modern politics by one of the most lucid philosophers of our time.

Philosopher Roger Scruton offers a wide-ranging perspective on philosophy, from logic to aesthetics, written in a lively and engaging way that is sure to stimulate debate. Rather than producing a survey of an academic discipline, Scruton reclaims philosophy for worldly concerns.

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 argues that rumours of its death are seriously exaggerated. He shows our culture to be a continuing source of moral knowledge, and rebuts the fashionable sarcasm which sees it as nothing more than the useless legacy of 'dead white European males'. He is robust in def...

Subtitled, "Arguments For Conservatism".

A renowned philosopher takes this enigmatic discipline beyond theory and "intellectualism" to present a user-friendly guide for "practicing" philosophy in the late twentieth century.

Death-Devoted Heart explodes the established interpretation of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, proving the drama to be more than just a sublimation of the composer's love for Wesendonck or a wistful romantic dream. Scruton boldly attests that Tristan and Isolde has profound religious meaning and remains as relevant today as it was to Wagner's contemporaries.

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 traditional "paleo-conservative" position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents. Conservatism, he argues, has little in common with liberalism, and is only tenuously related to the market economy, to mo...

The Disappeared is a story of our times, of kidnap and rescue, of abuse and healing. It is the story of Stephen, a teacher whose love for the pupil who shares his dreams brings him face to face with ruin, of Sharon, the child of a feckless stepmother, and her criminal abusers, of Laura, the investigative high-flyer, now faced with rape and sexual slavery, of Justin, environmentalist and Heavy Metal fan, whose obsession with Muhibbah, rescued f...

The word, 'culture' lies at the centre of contemporary debates about the past and future of society. Here, the author argues for the religious origin of culture in all its forms, and mounts a defence of the 'high culture' of our civilization against its radical and 'deconstructionist' critics.

This work brings together Scruton's best essays from many sources, arranging them thematically. The book has four sections: Language and Art, Writers in Context, Architecture, and Culture and Anarchy. Though the essays are diverse, certain themes are developed in particular and then in general ways, and there are several important essays on writers and critics, that contribute to the reappraisal of their work - among them Dante, Andre Breton, ...

Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher who has held positions at the universities of London, Oxford, Boston and St Andrews and who has written widely on art, architecture, music and aesthetics. His books include his now classic Short History of Modern Philosophy (1981), The Aesthetics of Music (1997), Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde (2004), Fools, Frauds and Firebrands (1985, republished 2015) an exami...

Scruton, a top conservative intellectual, examines the philosophies and beliefs of the 'New Left', and asks if leftwing thinking has evolved since 1989. Asks if there can be any foundation for resistance to the leftist agenda without religious faith.

First published in 1980, this contribution to political thought is a statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents.

Vad innebär det att vara konservativ i en tid som är så skeptisk till konservatism? Hur kan vi leva i våra "kanoniserade förfäders" närvaro i en tid när deras kulturella, religiösa och politiska arv så rutinmässigt avfärdas?När den mjuka liberalismen utgör den dominanta politiska kraften, kan konservativa bidra med något till den allmänna debatten som inte kommer att avfärdas som ren nostalgi? I denna personliga och underhållande bok förklarar...

Vad innebär det att vara konservativ i en tid som är så skeptisk till konservatism?Hur kan vi leva i våra "kanoniserade förfäders" närvaro i en tid när deras kulturella, religiösa och politiska arv så rutinmässigt avfärdas?När den mjuka liberalismen utgör den dominanta politiska kraften, kan konservativa bidra med något till den allmänna debatten som inte kommer att avfärdas som ren nostalgi?I denna personliga och underhållande bok förklarar d...

Roger Scruton (*1944) geldt als een van de scherpste, interessantste en meest spraakmakende filosofen uit onze tijd. Hij studeerde wijsbegeerte in Cambridge en Londen, waarna hij hoogleraar Esthetiek werd aan de universiteit van Londen en ook hoogleraar aan de universiteit van Boston, tevens was hij gasthoogleraar aan universiteiten als Princeton, Stanford en Cambridge. Thans is hij vrijgevestigd schrijver, journalist, columnist, criticus, tv-...