Roger Scruton is that rarest of things: a first-rate philosopher who actually has a philosophy … one of the few intellectually authoritative voices in modern British conservatism.

- Jesse Norman, Spectator

Roger Scruton is one of our great men of speculation.

- David Willetts, Standpoint

A persuasive and poignant little book.

- Ferdinand Mount, The Oldie

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Elegantly written and thought-provoking ... I loved this book, especially the way it seems to be aimed as much at the heart as the mind. On both it has a cleansing effect , the equivalent of eating a tart lemon sorbet.

Country Life

Roger Scruton’s How to be a Conservative presents the case for modern conservatism not in the terms of an elegy but rather as a practical example of how to live as a conservative despite the pressures to live otherwise.As he writes, the book ‘is not about what we have lost, but about what we have retained, and how to hold on to it’.In this witty and frank account, Scruton draws on his years of experience as a counter-cultural presence in public life. He examines the truths in Nationalism, Socialism, Capitalism, Liberalism, Multiculturalism, Environmentalism, Internationalism and finally Conservatism.The book concludes on a personal note, with 'a valediction forbidding mourning but admitting loss'.
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Preface1 My Journey2 Starting from Home3 The Truth in Nationalism4 The Truth in Socialism5 The Truth in Capitalism6 The Truth in Liberalism7 The Truth in Multiculturalism8 The Truth in Environmentalism9 The Truth in Internationalism10 The Truth in Conservatism11 Realms of Value12 Practical Matters13 A Valediction Forbidding Mourning but Admitting LossIndex
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Renowned philosopher Roger Scruton draws on his own experience as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a sceptical age.
Leading right wing, high-profile and divisive intellectual author

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ISBN
9781472965233
Publisert
2019-03-07
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Continuum
Vekt
228 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
208

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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 and a visiting professor at Oxford University. Scruton died in January 2020.