The Social Contract; Enlightenment, Citizenship, Loyalty, Holy Law, Globalisation.
Sir Roger Scruton is widely seen as one of the greatest
conservative thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
and a polymath who wrote a wide array of fiction, non-fiction and
reviews. He was the author of over fifty books.
A graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, Scruton was Professor of
Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London; University Professor at
Boston University, and a visiting professor at Oxford University.
He was one of the founders of the Salisbury Review, contributed
regularly to The Spectator, The Times and the Daily Telegraph and
was for many years wine critic for the New Statesman. Sir Roger
Scruton died in January 2020.
British philosopher Scruton offers a consideration of the philosophical and political differences between the West and "the rest," in particular Islam. Without taking a "blame the West" approach, he suggests that some of our "habits, beliefs, and prejudices" need to be reexamined, among them the unrestrained multinational corporation, and "our devotion to prosperity" and consumption and the resulting dependence on oil and other raw materials. In order to take on religious fanaticism, he argues, we must offer a coherent alternative and a means of putting our beliefs into practice. (Sept.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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