The Uses of Pessimism Paperback / softback
by ROGER SCRUTON
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Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fallacies that derive from it.
In place of these fallacies, Scruton mounts a passionate defence of both civil society and freedom.
He shows that the true legacy of European civilisation is not the false idealisms that have almost destroyed it - in the shapes of Nazism, fascism and communism - but the culture of forgiveness and irony which we must now protect from those whom it offends.
The Uses of Pessimism is a passionate plea for reason and responsibility, written at a time of profound change.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Atlantic Books
- Publication Date:01/02/2012
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- ISBN:9781848872011
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Atlantic Books
- Publication Date:01/02/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781848872011