fools frauds and firebrands by roger scruton

Earlier chapters on Sartre and Foucault, and on members of the Frankfurt School, particularly Adorno, are the most engaging.' -Samuel Freeman, The New York Review of Books 'Eminent British philosopher and polymath Scruton gives a sharp-edged, provocative critique of leading leftist thinkers since the mid-20th century. It is a polemical dissection and indictment of the perceived destructive aims and tactics of the left. He neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers he patiently deconstructs them, first explaining their work in terms they themselves would recognize and then laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions.' - Wall Street Journal 'Scruton's book is not the dispassionate examination and measured assessment of philosophical arguments typical of analytic philosophers. Scruton considers scores of works in three languages, giving the reader an understanding of each thinker's overarching aim and his place within the multifaceted movement known as the New Left. He neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers he patiently deconstructs them, first explaining their work in terms they themselves would recognize and then laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions.' - Wall Street Journal, 'The book is a masterpiece, its rather too clever title notwithstanding. complex and erudite.' - Publishers Weekly 'Caustic, highly recherché, and simply great fun to read for the questing intellectual soul.' - Kirkus Reviews 'onestly assesses the political and philosophical contributions of the Left addresses what is likely our most pressing question: 'Can there be any foundation for resistance to the leftist agenda without religious faith?'' - Catholic World Report 'The book is a masterpiece, its rather too clever title notwithstanding. complex and erudite.' - Publishers Weekly 'Caustic, highly recherché, and simply great fun to read for the questing intellectual soul.' - Kirkus Reviews, 'Eminent British philosopher and polymath Scruton gives a sharp-edged, provocative critique of leading leftist thinkers since the mid-20th century. 'Eminent British philosopher and polymath Scruton gives a sharp-edged, provocative critique of leading leftist thinkers since the mid-20th century.

Fools frauds and firebrands by roger scruton