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This new edition takes stock of the revolutionary changes that have taken place since the dictionary was first published in 1982. 1790 entries cover every aspect of political thought providing an indispensable guide to the thought, the wisdom and the folly of modern politics by one of the most lucid philosophers of our time.
Ranging
widely over the arts and philosophy, Scruton defends what Eliot called
“the common pursuit of true judgment” against the dismissive attacks
of the new academicians. In his striking account of music and its role
in moral education, he defends the classical tradition as well as the
American popular song, and points to the damage done to the psyche
by the new forms of pop.-
Scruton's
prose is devoid of sentimentality and soggy nostalgia. [Scruton] speaks
up for the country dweller who sees his or her world eroded by the
wishy-washy liberal commands of Blairite do-gooders who sit on their
backsides in North West London pontificating about the needs of country
people. -
Contrary
to orthodox opinion [...] Roger Scruton is a human being, and Gentle
Regrets contains the proof of it - a quiet, witty but also serious
and moving account of the ways in which life brought him to think what
he thinks, and to be what he is.