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,...

"Gentle Regrets: Thoughts From A Life" von Roger Scruton ist eine autobiografische Sammlung von Essays, in der der renommierte Philosoph und Schriftsteller über verschiedene Aspekte seines Lebens und Denkens reflektiert. In diesen Essays...

Roger Scruton is one of Britain's most respected thinkers and in this new book he offers a radically different solution to the planet's most important problem. von Scruton, Roger

In The Soul of the World, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends the experience of the sacred against today's fashionable forms of atheism. He argues that our personal relationships, moral intuitions, and aesthetic judgments hint at...

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...

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...

How to Be a Conservative von Scruton, Roger

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...

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...

A devastating critique of New Left thinking In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, Roger Scruton first surveys and then deconstructs the golden idols of left wing thought from the 1960s to the present day. He dissects the hollow works of...

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...

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...