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England: An Elegy

Autor Sir Roger Scruton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 apr 2020
In this poignant and personal tribute, Roger Scruton gives an account of England which is both an illuminating analysis of its institutions and culture, and a celebration of its virtues.Covering all aspects of the English inheritance, and informed by a unique philosophical vision, England: An Elegy shows that England has a distinct personality and endows its residents with a distinct moral ideal.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472983060
ISBN-10: 1472983068
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Britain's eminent right wing thinker (Roger Scruton) on perfect territory presents his latest book.

Notă biografică

Sir Roger Scruton is widely seen as one of the greatest conservative thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and a polymath who wrote a wide array of fiction, non-fiction and reviews. He was the author of over fifty books.A graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, Scruton was Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London; University Professor at Boston University, and a visiting professor at Oxford University. He was one of the founders of the Salisbury Review, contributed regularly to The Spectator, The Times and the Daily Telegraph and was for many years wine critic for the New Statesman. Sir Roger Scruton died in January 2020.

Cuprins

PrefaceWhat on Earth was England?First GlimpsesEnglish CharacterCommunity as PersonThe English ReligionThe English LawEnglish SocietyEnglish GovernmentEnglish CultureEnglish CountrysideEpilogue: The Forbidding of EnglandAcknowledgementsIndex

Recenzii

Elegant and moving - a classic elegy.
Lovers of England and the English will find themselves reading this long farewell with constant exclamations of agreement and flashes of new understanding...The most powerful and touching parts of it are snatches of Scruton's own autobiography.