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Bloomsbury presents A Political Philosophy by Roger Scruton, read by Kris Dyer.

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 state, the environment and other ways of life? What does modern marriage look like? What is Enlightenment and how has its inheritance made itself known? How should we approach religion, evil and death? What explains the rise of totalitarianism and how should we respond to nihilism?

In these philosophical reflections, Scruton adopts his characteristically articulate and unorthodox tone, making no concessions to intellectual fashion. The result is a book of bold, clear thinking that will seem refreshingly logical to many, particularly those seeking a return to first principles in an increasingly baffling age of modernity.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Conserving Nations

Conserving Nature

Eating our Friends

Dying Quietly

Meaningful Marriage

Extinguishing the Light

Religion and Enlightenment

The Totalitarian Temptation
Newspeak and Eurospeak
The Nature of Evil
Eliot and Conservatism

Acknowledgements
Name Index
Subject Index

 

Product details

Published 11 Nov 2021
Format Audiobook
Duration 9 hours and 15 minutes
ISBN 9781399400169
Imprint Bloomsbury Continuum
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Roger Scruton

Sir Roger Scruton is widely seen as one of the gre…

Narrator

Kris Dyer

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