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The Uses of Pessimism (Paperback, Main): Roger Scruton

The Uses of Pessimism (Paperback, Main)

Roger Scruton

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Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fallacies that derive from it. In place of these fallacies, Scruton mounts a passionate defence of both civil society and freedom. He shows that the true legacy of European civilisation is not the false idealisms that have almost destroyed it - in the shapes of Nazism, fascism and communism - but the culture of forgiveness and irony which we must now protect from those whom it offends. The Uses of Pessimism is a passionate plea for reason and responsibility, written at a time of profound change.

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Imprint: Atlantic Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2012
First published: April 2011
Authors: Roger Scruton
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
Edition: Main
ISBN-13: 978-1-84887-201-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
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LSN: 1-84887-201-1
Barcode: 9781848872011

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