About Roger Scruton
English philosopher (1944–2020), the leading conservative thinker of his generation in Britain. The Meaning of Conservatism (1980) was his first major political book and his most systematic: a philosophical defence of conservatism as an attachment to authority, allegiance, and the inherited social order rather than a doctrine of markets or liberty. It established the theoretical foundations that his later, more accessible works (including How to Be a Conservative) would popularise.
Books by Roger Scruton
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How to Be a Conservative
An accessible contemporary introduction to conservative themes: home, nation, culture, markets, religion, and limits.
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The Meaning of Conservatism
A clear modern defense of conservatism as attachment, inheritance, authority, and social continuity.
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