Roger Scruton Reader
The Roger Scruton Reader is the first comprehensive collection of Scruton's writings, spanning a period of thirty years. It gathers selections from some of his earliest works such as The Aesthetics of Architecture (1979) to his most recent Culture...
The Roger Scruton Reader
The Roger Scruton Reader
Conversations with Roger Scruton
A candid and personal insight into the life and work of the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton, by his intellectual biographer Mark Dooley. This book reveals what life was like for Roger Scruton growing up in High Wycombe, how he survived Cambri...
Soul of the World
A compelling defense of the sacred from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonIn 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 ...
Against the Tide
'His moral courage shines through from the start.' - Sunday Telegraph The 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...
Roger Scruton: The Philosopher on Dover Beach
Roger Scruton is one of the outstanding British philosophers of the post-war years. This book presents Scruton's life and work and a careful analysis of his central ideas. It shows how Scruton defends Hegelian and Burkean view of human nature, one...
Roger Scruton: The Philosopher on Dover Beach
Roger Scruton: The Philosopher on Dover Beach
On Human Nature
A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evoluti...
Short History of Modern Philosophy
Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern philosophy. Always engaging, Scruton takes us on a ...
Västerlandets motståndsrörelse Konservatismen – från Edmund Burke till Roger Scruton
När den politiska debatten kommit att handla om invandring, brottslighet och den nationella säkerheten har borgerligheten börjat vända sig till konservatismen för att finna lösningar. Men i allt för hög grad har konservatismen fått definieras av de som inte själva bekänner sig till den och det saknas en ordentlig introduktion till ämnet på svenska.
McGuinn Roger: Rogen McGuinn/Peace On You
McGuinn Roger: Rogen McGuinn/Peace On You [CD]
Scruton's Aesthetics
Scruton's Aesthetics is a comprehensive critical evaluation of one of the major aestheticians of our age. The lead essay by Scruton is followed by fourteen essays by international commentators plus Scruton's reply. All discuss matters of enduring ...
Bekono Roger: Roger Bekono
Roger Bekono kom att sätta ett djup avtryck i Kameruns moderna musikhistoria med sin tolkning av bikutsi. Den ewondo-språkiga danspopstilens popularitet har spridits internationellt mycket tack vare hans insatser. Här kommer återutgivningen av Roger Bekonos självbetitlade album. Albumet kommer även med omfattande texter och aldrig tidigare publicerade bilder.
Bekono Roger: Roger Bekono
Roger Bekono kom att sätta ett djup avtryck i Kameruns moderna musikhistoria med sin tolkning av bikutsi. Den ewondo-språkiga danspopstilens popularitet har spridits internationellt mycket tack vare hans insatser. Här kommer återutgivningen av Roger Bekonos självbetitlade album. Albumet kommer även med omfattande texter och aldrig tidigare publicerade bilder.
Beauty
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction the renowned ...
Meaning of Conservatism
First published in 1980, this contribution to political thought is a statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents. Conservatism, he argues...
Meaning of Conservatism
First published in 1980, this contribution to political thought is a statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents. Conservatism, he argues...
Political Philosophy
In this timely new edition of his classic book A Political Philosophy, celebrated conservative philosopher Roger Scruton interrogates contemporary values, virtues and morality. What principles should govern our relations to animals, the nation sta...
Rogier Philippe / Matheo Romer: Choeur Chambre..
Rogier Philippe / Matheo Romer: Choeur Chambre.. [2 CD]
Confessions of a Heretic
Confessions of a Heretic is a collection of provocative essays by the influential social commentator and polemicist Roger Scruton. Each "confession" reveals aspects of the author's thinking that his critics would probably have advised hi...
West and the Rest
In this astonishing new book, Roger Scruton argues that to understand adequately the roots of Islamic terrorism, one must understand both the unique historical evolution of the state and the dynamic of globalization.With extraordinary perception, ...
News from Somewhere
For a number of years, Roger Scruton has contributed a weekly article to the "Financial Times" on country matters. Always beautifully written, one of these pieces ("Vegetables") won the 2002 prize from The Queen's English Socie...
Philosophy
In Philosophy: Principles and Problems Roger Scruton shares the ideas and arguments which initially attracted him to the subject and those which have engaged his attention throughout his career. Through discussions of major philosophers, Kant and ...
Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was at once the father of the Enlightenment and the last sad guardian of the medieval world. In his brilliant synthesis of geometrical method, religious sentiment, and secular science, he attempted to reconcile the co...
Soul of the World
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 transcen...
Art and Morality
Featuring contributions from Matthew Kieran, Aaron Ridley, Roger Scruton and Mary Mothersill to name but a few, this collection of groundbreaking new papers on aesthetics and ethics, highlights the link between the two subjects. These leading figu...
Aesthetics of Architecture
Architecture is distinguished from other art forms by its sense of function, its localized quality, its technique, its public and nonpersonal character, and its continuity with the decorative arts. In this important book, Roger Scruton calls for a...
Music as an Art
In the latest of his books exploring a lifetime's passion for music, bestselling author and philosopher Roger Scruton brings his immense critical faculties to bear on a panoply of different musical genres, both contemporary and classical. Music as...
Philosopher On Dover Beach
"It is a great pity that we in the United States do not have our own Roger Scruton. As¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ his . . . collection of essays reminds us, he is an accomplished philosopher who writes¿¿¿ trenchantly about many important political, social ...
Tillison Roger: Roger Tillison's Album
Tillison Roger: Roger Tillison's Album [CD]
Justice, Dissent, and the Sublime
In the past ten years, theorists from Elaine Scarry to Roger Scruton have devoted renewed attention to the aesthetic of beauty. Part of their discussions claim that beauty - because it arises from a sense of proportion, symmetry, or reciprocity - ...
Culture Counts
What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this book, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumors of its death are seriously exaggerated. He show...
England: An Elegy
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 informe...
Kant
Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure ...
Suruton, Ljudbok
Aikaa on 25 sekuntia, mutta pankinjohtajalta kuluu 31 sekuntia. Ryöstäjä ampuu panttivangin.Oslolaisessa pankin haarakonttorissa johtajalla on 25 sekuntia aikaa tyhjentää seteliautomaatti. Aikaa kuluu 31 sekuntia. Ryöstäjä nostaa kuusi sormea valvontakameralle ja ampuu kylmäverisesti panttivangiksi ottamansa naisen. Voiko pahuus olla niin yksinkertaista?Apulaispoliisipäällikkö Harry Hole saa avukseen vastavalmistuneen naispoliisin Beate Lønnin. Kun ryöstöä seuraa toinen samanmoinen, saavat tutkijat lisää vapauksia ja resursseja. Lopulta mahdottomalta vaikuttanut tapaus selviää. Nesbøn vauhti ei laannu. Kerronta on tiivistä, tehokasta ja paikoin suorastaan pelottavaa. Rikollisten toiminnan ja poliisin sisäisen valtataistelun lisäksi hän kuvaa uskottavasti myös ihmissuhteita ja säröilevää perheonnea. Ympäristön kuvaajana Nesbø suorastaan loistaa.Jo Nesbø on noussut ensin johtavaksi norjalaiseksi rikoskirjailijaksi Harry Hole -romaaneillaan, sitten johtavaksi pohjoismaiseksi kirjailijaksi. Tänä päivänä hän kamppailee jo tasapäisesti muutaman muun kirjailijan kanssa maailman suosituimman kirjailijan tittelistä. Aika velikulta!
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
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 Hobsbawm and E....
Notes from Underground
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 every word and...