Roger Scruton

The West and the Rest

"Today the failures prevail: and this is one source of our present danger.
For failure is no longer localized in the place that produced it,
but carries its burden of resentment around the world."

Preface

Chapter 1: The Social Contract
Chapter 2: Enlightenment, Citizenship, and Loyalty
Chapter 3: Holy Law
Chapter 4:
Globalization (pp.125-134)
               The personal state (pp.134-144)
               Transnational government (pp.144-149)
               The new imperium (pp.149-156)
Chapter 5: Conclusion

Video lecture version (RealPlayer)

Book review by Roger Kimball
Book review by Peter C. Meilaender

See also: England and the Need for Nations [overview]

Further reading: Why I became a conservative

Roger Scruton Bibliography by More C

The West and the Rest