September 08, 2006

Books

Useful Curmudgeon

Gentle RegretsThoughts from a LifeRoger ScrutonContinuum, $19.95, 248 pp.

Roger Scruton may not be a household name, but he is a contemporary cultural exemplar from the British side of the pond, someone who has given clear and eloquent expression to his challenging point of view. He is a conservative intellectual, a philosopher with a specialty in aesthetics, and a social thinker who started life in an English village, attended the Royal Grammar Sc (...)


 

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