The Uses of Pessimism: And The Danger Of False Hope (Main)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2010
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781848878815
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781848872011
- Publisher:
- Atlantic Books
- Date of Addition:
- 04/18/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Roger Scruton, 2
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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