Während der Zeitgeist einmal mehr nach Utopia entwischt, betrachtet Roger Scruton die sitzengelassene Gegenwart: in zwölf Essays denkt er nach übers Regieren, Bauen und Tanzen, über das Sprechen vom Unsagbaren, über Trauern und Sterben,...

A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera, by one of Britain's leading intellectuals Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through compassion', who has been called to...

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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...

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...

Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der es als Makel angesehen wird, konservativ zu sein. Bestenfalls wird der Konservatismus als eine angestaubte Nostalgie belächelt. Die Bannerträger des Zeitgeistes verstehen unter Freiheit die Zerstörung...

Roger Scruton explores the place of God in a disenchanted world. His argument is a response to the atheist culture that is now growing around us, and also a defence of human uniqueness. He rebuts the claim that there is no meaning or...

"Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left" von Sir Roger Scruton ist eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit den Ideen und Theorien prominenter Denker der Neuen Linken. Scruton untersucht die Werke und Einflüsse von...

Der unlängst verstorbene Roger Scruton war einer der wohl wichtigsten konservativen Denker unserer Zeit. Er liefert in diesem Buch eine vernichtende Kritik der Idole des linken Denkens des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. Hier enthüllt er, wie...

As Scruton argues in this book, in earlier times, our musical culture had secure foundations in the church, the concert hall and the home; in the ceremonies and celebrations of ordinary life, religion and manners. Yet we no longer live...

What do we mean by 'culture'? This word, purloined by journalists to denote every kind of collective habit, lies at the centre of contemporary debates about the past and future of society. In this thought-provoking book, Roger Scruton...

From Botticelli to birdsong, Mozart, and the Turner Prize, Roger Scruton explores what it means for something to be beautiful. This thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find...