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    Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition
    Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition
    Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition
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    Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition

    Written by Roger Scruton

    Narrated by Mark Meadows

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    This program includes an introduction read by the author.

    A brief, magisterial audiobook introduction to the conservative tradition by one of Britain’s leading intellectuals.

    In Conservatism, Roger Scruton offers listeners an invitation into the world of political philosophy by explaining the history and evolution of the conservative movement over the centuries. With the clarity and authority of a gifted teacher, he discusses the ideology's perspective on civil society, the rule of law, freedom, morality, property, rights, and the role of the state. In a time when many claim that conservatives lack a unified intellectual belief system, this book makes a very strong case to the contrary, one that politically-minded listeners will find compelling and refreshing.

    Scruton analyzes the origins and development of conservatism through the philosophies and thoughts of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman, among others. He shows how conservative ideas have influenced the political sector through the careers of a diverse cast of politicians, such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Disraeli, Calvin Coolidge, Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. He also takes a close look at the changing relationship between conservative politics, capitalism, and free markets in both the UK and the US.

    This clear, incisive guide is essential listening for anyone wishing to understand Western politics and policies, now and over the last three centuries.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 19, 2018
    ISBN9781427298416
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    Roger Scruton

    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.

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    • 5/5
      Very thought provoking and well written. Everyone who is a thinking person needs to read/listen to this thrise. It is worth it.

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    • 3/5
      I will read this again on paper. The quality was good, but audio is not the best form for this book.