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Against the Tide: The best of Roger Scruton's columns, commentaries and criticism

Autor Sir Roger Scruton Mark Dooley
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 ian 2022
'His moral courage shines through from the start.' - Sunday TelegraphThe definitive edition of the late Sir Roger Scruton's philosophical and political essays and reviews, now collected in one volume.The 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 commentaries, arranged thematically. The selection has been made and edited by Mark Dooley, Scruton's literary executor.Throughout this collection, Scruton proves himself to be at his most scintillating and controversial. He writes with passion and conviction about such varied topics as feminism, racism, fascism, Tony Blair and Donald Trump, as well as subjects like global warming, music and architecture. He takes aim at those who defy conservative common sense in favour of liberal falsehoods.This book shows Scruton at his most brilliant and demonstrates how his influence will remain strong and enduring.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472992932
ISBN-10: 1472992938
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

This collection draws together his reviews, criticism and essays on a wide array of subjects from the environment to racism, global warming to music, fascism to architecture. Essays are arranged thematically.

Notă biografică

Sir Roger Scruton was a philosopher and polymath who wrote over fifty books. He was Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London; University Professor at Boston University, and a visiting professor at Oxford University.Mark Dooley is an Irish author, philosopher and journalist who has taught at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and at University College Dublin. Dooley is Sir Roger Scruton's Literary Executor.

Cuprins

Preface: The Work That Must Be DonePart One: Who Am I?My Life Beyond the Pale Roger Scruton Says 'Put a Cork in It'My Week: July 2005 My Week: January 2006 My Week: April 2006 The Flame That Was Snuffed Out by FreedomFinding Scrutopia in the Czech Republic Diary - August 2016 Part Two: Who Are We?The Conservative ConscienceThe Blair LegacyA Question of TemperamentThe Meaning of Margaret ThatcherIdentity, Marriage, Family: Our Core Conservative Values Have Been Betrayed What Trump Doesn't Get About Conservatism Part Three: Why The Left Is Never RightThe Ideology of Human RightsWho is a Fascist?In Praise of PrivilegeA Hominist HomilyIn Loco ParentisMcCarthy Was Right on the Red MenaceA Focus of Loyalty Higher than the StateThe Art of Taking Offence Part Four: Intimations of InfinityDe Anima A Matter of Life and DeathlessnessDawkins Is Wrong about GodAltruism and Selfishness Memo to Hawking: There's Still Room for GodHumans Hunger for the Sacred: Why Can't the New Atheists Understand That? Part Five: The End of EducationThe Virtue of IrrelevanceThe Open University and the Closed MindThe End of EducationThe Plague of SociologyKnow Your PlaceUniversities' War against the Truth Part Six: Fraudulent PhilosophyA Note on FoucaultThe Triumph of NothingnessFreud and FraudIf Only Chomsky Had Stuck to Syntax Part Seven: The West and the RestIn Memory of IranThe Lesson of LebanonDecent Debate Mustn't Be the VictimThe Wrong Way to Treat President PutinWhy Iraq Is a Write-Off Part Eight: Cultural CorruptionThe Art of Motor-Cycle MaintenanceTemples of AnxietyThe Modern Cult of UglinessHigh Culture Is Being Corrupted by a Culture of Fakes Part Nine: Animal Rights, Pulpit Politics and SexMale Domination The Pestilence of Pulpit Politics On the Eating of Fish Obligations of the Flesh Eat Animals! It's for Their Own GoodSextants and Sexting Tally Ho! Let the Hunt Remind Us of Who We Are Part Ten: Annus Horribilis and Last WordsDiary After My Own Dark Night My 2019 Index

Recenzii

Every piece is a masterclass in prose style and a reminder of how he earned such widespread popular affection.His moral courage shines through from the start.
This is inspirational thought delivered by graceful language about politics and aesthetics that will continue to attract and influence readers.
. A brilliantly stimulating selection of the journalism by the late Sir Roger Scruton. These are little masterpieces of philosophical polemic.
The writings expertly collected in Against the Tide go a long way to illuminating Scruton's humane and dignified conservatism.
On every page, the reader encounters a mind passionately at work, seeking to reconcile everyday problems with a moral sense.
Against the Tide is a concise but rich selection of some of Scruton's writings for various journals, magazines, and newspapers . What a pleasure to see so many of these pieces back in print . it is hard to imagine a better introduction to Scruton's work than this wonderful, endlessly readable volume.
Over 40 years of Scruton's columns and commentaries, published and unpublished, as well as diary entries are gifted to us in this remarkably concise but substantive volume.
Reading Scruton will help us rekindle the search for what is good, true, and beautiful, and, more importantly, recognize them (and their opposites) when we see them.
A collection of his finest writing.
Scruton stood apart in Britain as a thinker. His writing continues to illuminate, and he is sorely missed.