Лучшие книги Роджера Вернона Скрутона (Скратона)

Роджер Скрутон, один из главных критиков левых идей, обращает­ся к творчеству тех, кто внес наибольший вклад в развитие этого направ­ления мысли. В доступной форме он разбирает теории Эрика Хобсбау­ма и Эдварда Палмера Томпсона, Джона Кеннета Гэлбрейта и Рональда Дворкина, Жана-Поля Сартра и Мишеля Фуко, Дьёрдя Лукача и Юрге­на Хабермаса, Луи Альтюссера, Жака Лакана и Жиля Делёза, Антонио Грамши, Перри Андерсона и Эдварда Саида, Алена Бадью и Славоя Жи­жека. Предметом анализа выступает движение новых левых не только на современном этапе, но и в процессе формирования с конца 1950-х годов. Скрутон подвергает безжалостной критике все основные направления новой левой мысли и стремится найти точку опоры для противостояния им, при этом не основываясь на религии.

Роджер Скрутон (1944–2020) в работе с простым и понятным названием «Красота» исследует вневременное измерение красоты, задаваясь вопросом о том, что делает тот или иной объект прекрасным. Могут ли существовать опасные красавицы, развратные красавицы и аморальные красавицы? Возможно. Проза Флобера, образы Бодлера, гармонии Вагнера, — указывает Скрутон, — все они были обвинены в безнравственности теми, кто верит, что авторы рисуют бесчестие соблазнительными красками. Правильно ли говорить, что в классическом храме больше красоты, чем в бетонном офисном блоке, или что красоты больше в произведениях Рембрандта, чем в работе Энди Уорхола…

Видатний філософ Роджер Скрутон веде читачів від початків консерватизму як політичної філософії у XVI столітті до сьогодення та показує, що консервативне мислення зіграло важливу роль в інтелектуальній історії Заходу.

Ба більше, без таких консерваторів як, зокрема, Едмунд Берк, віконт де Шатобріан, Томас Стернз Еліот, Фрідріх Гаєк та Хосе Ортега-і-Гассет Західна цивілізація ніколи не стала б тим поєднанням свободи та відповідальності, який донедавна забезпечував її успіх.

Professor Roger Scruton is a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, and University Professor at Boston University. He is currently visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington DC. He has published a large number of books, including some works of fiction, and has written and composed two operas. He writes regularly for

First published in 1980, The Meaning of Conservatism is now recognized as a major contribution to political thought, and the liveliest and most provocative modern statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents. Conservatism, he argues, has little in common with liberalism, and is only tenuously related to the market economy, to monetarism, to free enterprise or to capitalism. It involves neither hostility towards the state, nor the desire to limit the state's obligation towards the citizen. Its conceptions of society, law and citizenship regard the individual not as the premise but as the conclusion of politics. At the same time it is fundamentally opposed to the ethic of social justice, to equality of station, opportunity, income and achievement, and to the attempt to bring major institutions of society - such as schools and universities - under government control.

Иммануил Кант, бесспорно, один из самых значимых философов Нового времени. Влияние, которое он оказал на все последующее развитие философской мысли, трудно переоценить. Однако он также и один из самых трудных для понимания мыслителей. В

With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997) Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all aspects of the theory and practice of music, showing the significance of music as an expression of the moral life. The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of music and the second consists of critical studies of individual composers, thinkers and works including essays on Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven's Ninth, Janácek & Schoenberg, Szyman...

Sir Roger Scruton is an author and philosopher who has written dozens of books, including numerous works of philosophy, criticism and several novels and collections of stories. He was knighted in 2017, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple. He currently teaches an MA course in philosophy for the University of Buckingham.
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We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for the health and also the rival opinion that any more than a glass or two will set us on the road to ruin. Whether or not good for the body, Scruton argues, wine, drunk in the right frame of mind, is definitely good for the soul. And there is no better accompaniment to wine than philosophy. By thinking with wine, you can learn not only to drink in thoughts but to think in draughts.

Sir Roger Scruton is the author of Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music as well as numerous bestselling books of philosophy, history, fiction and criticism. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple. He currently teaches an MA course in philosophy for the University of Buckingham.
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An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy

Renowned philosopher Roger Scruton draws on his own experience as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a sceptical age.

The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which has seen the principal threats to the earth as issuing from international capitalism, consumerism and the over-exploitation of natural resources. In Green Philosophy, Scruton argues that conservatism is far better suited to tackle environmental problems than either liberalism or socialism. He shows that rather than entrusting the environment to unwieldy NGOs and international committees, we must assume personal responsibility and foster local sovereignty. People must be empowered to take charge of their environment, to care for it as a home, and to affirm themselves through the kind of local associations that have been the traditional goal of conservative politics. Our common future is by no means assured, but as Roger Scruton clearly demonstrates in this important book, there is a path that we can take which could ensure the future safety of our planet and our species.

A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another's arms. Critics have lauded Wagner's Tristanund Isolde

What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? In this exciting new book, Roger Scruton offers a comprehensive account of the nature and significance of music from the perspective of modern philosophy.

The book starts from the metaphysics of sound. Scruton distinguishes sound from tone, analyzes rhythm, melody, and harmony, and explores the various dimensions of musical organization and musical meaning. Taking on various fashionable theories in the philosophy and theory of music, he presents a compelling case for the moral significance of music, its place in our culture, and the need for taste and discrimination in performing and listening to it. Laying down principles for musical analysis and criticism, the book ends with a theory of culture, and a devastating demolition of modern popular music.