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Liberty and Civilization: The Western Heritage

Hardback

Main Details

Title Liberty and Civilization: The Western Heritage
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Roger Scruton
SeriesEncounter Broadsides
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9781594033834
ClassificationsDewey:320.52
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Encounter Books,USA
Imprint Encounter Books,USA
Publication Date 30 September 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

An essential volume of essays commissioned by the American Spectator and edited by the philosopher Roger Scruton, Liberty and Civilization examines the intellectual and spiritual traditions of our belief in individual liberty, from its Judeo Christian origins on through Enlightenment philosophy. As we are confronted by belligerent atheism at home and jihadist Islam abroad, Liberty and Civilization is an invaluable tool for understanding why it is critical that we defend the cultural, religious, and intellectual institutions that have made our civilization great. As one would expect from the American Spectator, the responses are both fiery and edifying, representing a broad swath of American conservative thought. The essayists include Paul Johnson, Anne Applebaum, Robert Bork, Robert P. George, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Roger Scruton.

Author Biography

Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher, currently an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. He is the author of over thirty books, which have been widely translated, and a regular writer in the press in both Europe and the United States. His most recent books are Beauty (Oxford University Press) and Culture Counts (Encounter Books). He divides his time between rural Wiltshire and rural Virginia, in both of which places he lives with his wife and two small children.