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The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the overexploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution. In How to Think Seriously about the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects this view and offers a fresh approach to tackling the most important political problem of our time. He contends...
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"One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Jonathan Clark" "One of Flavorwire's 10 Best Books by Academic Publishers in 2014" "One of the Scotsman's Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Alexander McCall Smith" Roger Scruton (1944–2020) was a writer and philosopher. His many books included On Human Nature and The Aesthetics of Architecture (both Princeton), as well as A Short History of Modern Philosophy.
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"What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this book philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumors of its death are seriously exaggerated. He shows our culture to be a continuing source of moral knowledge, and rebuts the fashionable sarcasm which sees it as nothing more than the useless legacy of "dead white European males." Ranging widely over the arts and...
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Scruton inicia este estudio sobre los fundamentos de la Nueva Izquierda en 1985, publicando un libro con este mismo nombre. En él analizaba a Sartre y Foucault, Habermas, Galbraith y Gramsci. Ha revisado el texto, incluyendo a pensadores de influencia creciente como Lacan, Deleuze y Guattari, Said, Badiou y Zizek. La edición de 1985 fue controvertida y recibió numerosas críticas en los círculos intelectuales europeos, por su estilo provocativo....
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Una copa de vino al día, según muchos médicos, es bueno para la salud. Más de una, puede llevarnos a la ruina. Sea dudoso o no el consejo para la salud del cuerpo, defiende Scruton, es indudablemente bueno para la salud del alma. Y no hay mejor acompañamiento que el vino cuando se trata de filosofar. La filosofía, con una copa en la mano, no solo enseña a beber pensando, sino a pensar bebiendo. Con sentido del humor, el autor ofrece un antídoto...
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Extensa reflexión sobre la necesidad de lo sagrado para la vida humana, y las consecuencias de su pérdida. Una vez que la ciencia define qué es el hombre, ¿queda todo dicho?
El filósofo Roger Scruton defiende la experiencia de lo sagrado frente a la moda propuesta por el ateísmo. Basándose en el arte, la arquitectura, la música y la literatura, trata la ineptitud de la ciencia para explicar la belleza, que permite mirar la realidad "desde...
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"One of Blackwell's Best of Non-Fiction 2017" Roger Scruton (1944–2020) was a writer and philosopher. His many books included The Soul of the World and The Aesthetics of Architecture (both Princeton), as well as A Short History of Modern Philosophy.
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...
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Scruton lleva a cabo una defensa radical de la singularidad humana. Frente a pensadores utilitaristas y materialistas como Richard Dawkins y Daniel Dennett, defiende que el ser humano no puede entenderse solo como un objeto biológico.
No somos solo animales humanos, somos personas que se relacionan con otras personas, sujetos de derechos y deberes. Nuestro mundo es un mundo compartido, libre, y para comprenderlo necesitamos dirigirnos a otros seres...
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"...one of the most eloquent and even moving evocations of the conservative tradition in Western politics, philosophy and culture I have ever read...the ideal primer for those who are new to conservative ideas..." —Richard Aldous, Wall Street Journal
A brief magisterial introduction to the conservative tradition by one of Britain's leading intellectuals.
In Conservatism, Roger Scruton offers the reader an invitation
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Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times, and has fascinated both critics and devotees for over a century and a half. No recent study has examined the meaning of Wagner's masterpiece with the attention to detail and intellectual power that Roger Scruton brings to it in this inspiring account.The Ring of Truth is an exploration of the drama, music, symbolism and philosophy of the Ring from...
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2012
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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 purpose in the natural world, and argues that the sacred and the transcendental are 'real presences', through which human beings come to know themselves and to find both their freedom and their redemption.
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2017
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Hard-hitting essays by acclaimed social commentator and philosopher Roger Scruton, guaranteed to provoke lively debate
A wide-ranging selection that includes essays on architecture and modern art, the environment, politics, and culture.
Each “confession” reveals aspects of the author’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. Roger Scruton challenges popular opinion...
A wide-ranging selection that includes essays on architecture and modern art, the environment, politics, and culture.
Each “confession” reveals aspects of the author’s thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. Roger Scruton challenges popular opinion...
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