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Title: Fools, Frauds & Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
Author: SCRUTON ROGER
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/07/2015
Imprint: BLOOMSBURY
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
The thinkers most influential on the attitudes of the New Left are examined in this study by one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilisation. Scruton starts 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 and as it has evolved since 1989? There has been the transfer of grievances from the working class to women, gays and immigrants. But what can we put in the place of radical egalitarianism, and what explains the continued dominance of antinomian attitudes in the intellectual world? Is there any foundation for resistance to the leftist agenda without religious faith? Scruton’s exploration of these important issues is written with skill, perception and at all times with pellucid clarity. The result is a devastating critique.
ISBN: 9781408187333
Dimension: 216mm X 138mm
Pages: 256