The Roger Scruton Reader

The Roger Scruton Readeris the first comprehensive collection of Scruton's writings, spanning a period of thirty years. It gathers selections from some of his earliest works such asThe Aesthetics of Architecture(1979) to his most recentCulture Counts(2007). The book also includes a good number of unpublished essays. It is made up of five sections - the last section of all contains some of Scruton's most pugilistic pieces on Dawkins and on The Iraq War. Scruton holds Burkean political views and his bookThe Meaning of Conservatismwas a response to the growth of liberalism in the Conservative party. At all times he is concerned to shift the right way from economics towards moral issues such as sex education and censorship laws. But he has in fact written on almost every aspect of philosophy - always in prose which is accessible and written with pellucid clarity.

Introduction \ 1. Autobiographical \ 2. Art and Culture \ 3. Philosophy and Some Philosophers \ 4. Politics \ 5. The Philosopher in Society