Confessions of a Heretic (Scruton - Revised ed.)

Author: Roger Scruton

ISBN: 9781912559343

Binding: hardcover

Section: Philosophy/Rhetoric/Logic

A revised edition of the Notting Hill Editions essay collection by the late Sir Roger Scruton with a new introduction by Douglas Murray. Confessions of a Heretic is a collection of provocative essays, with each "confession" revealing aspects of the author's thinking that his critics would probably have advised him to keep to himself. In this selection, covering subjects from art and architecture to politics and nature conservation, Scruton challenges popular opinion on key aspects of our culture: What can we do to protect Western values against Islamist extremism? How can we nurture real friendship through social media? Why is the nation-state worth preserving? And how should we achieve a timely death against the advances of modern medicine?