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

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

Further reading: Why I became a conservative
[Canavan on Burke]

The Defense of the West:
How to Respond to the Islamist Challenge

Roger Scruton Bibliography by More C

The West and the Rest

 

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