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Scruton fools frauds and firebrands6/28/2023 ![]() “Caustic, highly recherché, and simply great fun to read for the questing intellectual soul.” ― Kirkus Reviews complex and erudite” ― Publisher's Weekly US ![]() “Eminent British philosopher and polymath Scruton gives a sharp-edged, provocative critique of leading leftist thinkers since the mid-twentieth century. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. In addition to assessments of these thinkers' philosophical and political contributions, the book contains a biographical and bibliographical section summarizing their careers and most important writings. Scruton's exploration of these important issues is written with skill, perception and at all times with pellucid clarity. Laing, Jurgen Habermas, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Zizek, Ralph Milliband and Eric Hobsbawm. He conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as: E. ![]() Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking. What does the Left look like today, he asks, and how has it evolved? Is there any foundation for resistance to its agenda without religious faith? In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, philosopher Roger Scruton, one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization, examines the thinkers who have been most influential on the attitudes of the New Left. ![]() A devastating critique of modern left-wing thinking from a leading political philosopher. ![]()
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