Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Political Philosophy What principles should govern our relations to the nation-state, to the environment, to other species, to other cultures and to other ways of life? How should we approach marriage, religion, evil and mortality? What is Enlightenment, and what residue has it left in our view of ourselves? This book addresses these questions.
Full description- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Published: 10 May 2007
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Political Science & Theory | Western Philosophy, From C 1900 - | Social & Political Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780826496157 ISBN 10: 0826496156
- Sales rank: 103,849
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What principles should govern our relations to the nation-state, to the environment, to other species, to other cultures and to other ways of life? How should we approach marriage, religion, evil and mortality? How should we respond to relativism and nihilism in their current forms? What explains the rise of totalitarianism, and the fatal attraction that it exerts over the educated mind? What is Enlightenment, and what residue has it left in our view of ourselves? Those are some of the questions addressed by Roger Scruton in this scintillating book of philosophical reflections. Well known as a commentator, Roger Scruton makes no concessions to intellectual fashion, and is forthright in expressing what he believes and why he believes it. The result is challenging, but informed throughout by a humane and compassionate outlook. Scruton's targets are shown to deserve his sceptical assault on them, and the vision that he defends, of a society ordered by custom, tradition and national loyalty, is one that will appeal far more widely than to orthodox conservatives.
