A political philosophy : arguments for conservatism / Roger Scruton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scruton, Roger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 214 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Continuum, [2019]

Summary:

Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture. The tone of this book is positive and the arguments are recommendations with the aim of convincing the reader that rumours of the death of Western civilisation are greatly exaggerated. Much of our present self doubt, argues Scruton, is brought about by the Darwinian theory of evolution. Darwin encourages us to see human emotion as a reproductive strategy. This is a perspective which Scruton attacks vehemently especially in its modern proponents- Desmond Morris and Richard Dawkins. This the author believes undermines the belief in freedom and the moral imperatives that stem from it.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. Conserving Nations

2. Conserving Nature

3. Eating our Friends

4. Dying Quietly

5. Meaningful Marriage

6. Extinguishing the Light

7. Religion and Enlightenment

8. The Totalitarian Temptation

9. Newspeak and Eurospeak

10. The Nature of Evil

11. Eliot and Conservatism

Acknowledgements

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4411-6133-3

OCLC:

1086095812