An intriguing portrait of Roger Scruton and his philosophy, with a new Preface and updated Bibliography of Scruton's many literary works over the years. Roger Scruton was one of the outstanding British philosophers of the post-war years. Why then was he at best ignored and at worst reviled? In this intriguing portrait Mark Dooley brilliantly illuminates Scrutons life and offers careful analysis of his work. Considering how Scrutons conservative instinct was sharpened during the Paris riots of 1968, Dooley explores why Scruton set himself the task of stridently opposing what he termed the culture of repudiation and how he accomplished it. Covering Scrutons centrals ideas, such as his view of human nature, opposition of the social contract theory and criticisms of the European Union and United Nationals, Dooley argues that he was a prophet for our times the one British intellectual who courageously rowed against the tide of liberal conviction and arrived at political conclusions the truth of which are becoming more and more obvious.
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Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
Publication Date: 28 Mar 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781399414197
About Mark Dooley
Mark Dooley is an Irish philosopher author and journalist who has taught at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and at University College Dublin where he was John Henry Newman Scholar in Theology. He has been a columnist for both the Sunday Independent and the Irish Daily Mail and is currently a Contributing Editor to The European Conservative magazine. His many books include The Roger Scruton Reader Why Be a Catholic? Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming and Conversations with Roger Scruton all published by Bloomsbury. In 2022 he edited and published Against the Tide: The Best of Roger Scruton's Columns Commentaries and Criticism. He is Sir Roger Scruton's literary executor.