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About Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton is a philosopher, writer, political activist and businessman. He is a professor in the department of philosophy at St Andrews University and a scholar at the American Entreprise Institute. His home on the web is http://www.roger-scruton.com/.

Articles by Roger Scruton

Monday 12th September

Unreal Estate

Roger Scruton, 12 September 2011
The legal fiction of the "corporate person" has helped economic growth through making possible limited liability, fractional reserve banking, insurance and many other fictions. But it has also made it easier to divorce the moral realities of debt and obligation from economic fictions. The endless economic crisis suggests that it is time for a return to a moral understanding the underpinnings of the financial fictions
Wednesday 29th July

Leszek Kolakowski: thinker for our time

Roger Scruton, 29 July 2009
The Polish philosopher demolished Marxism in the west. How did he get away with it?
Thursday 7th August

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: the line within

Roger Scruton, 7 August 2008

The prophetic message of Alexander Solzhenitsyn transcends the circumstances that gave rise to it

 

Plus: Memorial's tribute, Evgeny Morozov's cyber-war, and the Harvard address


 

Thursday 14th February

Islamic law in a secular world

Roger Scruton, 14 February 2008
An argument over sharia highlights the difference between Christian and Muslim visions of law
Saturday 4th August

Ingmar Bergman: the sense of the world

Roger Scruton, 4 August 2007

The great Swedish filmmaker made art that speaks profoundly to the truth of ourselves

Tuesday 12th June

Richard Rorty’s legacy

Roger Scruton, 12 June 2007
The American philosopher's exclusionary form of argument was grounded in denial of the idea of truth
Monday 30th April

England: an identity in question

Roger Scruton, 30 April 2007
The 300th anniversary of the Act of Union on 1 May 1707, which completed the merger of the English and Scottish crowns, provides an occasion to reflect on the future of a kingdom which, though united in name, is increasingly divided in aspiration. The voting preferences of the Scots, and the openness with which separation is now advocated north of the border speak for themselves.
Monday 18th December

Tony Blair's genius

Roger Scruton, 18 December 2006
The British prime minister has replaced real politics with a carefully crafted fiction, says Roger Scruton.
Sunday 10th September

The great hole of history

Roger Scruton, 10 September 2006
The problem revealed by 9/11, far from resolved five years on, is of a radical Islamism driven by "transferable grievance", says Roger Scruton.
Wednesday 19th July

Lebanon: the missing perspective

Roger Scruton, 19 July 2006
The heart of the war in Lebanon is Hizbollah's challenge to Lebanon's national sovereignty, says Roger Scruton.
Wednesday 31st May

The trouble with Islam, the European Union - and Francis Fukuyama

Roger Scruton, 31 May 2006
Francis Fukuyama's historicism fails to accommodate two contemporary political realities and in the process misunderstands history itself, says Roger Scruton.
Monday 1st May

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006): cities for life

Roger Scruton, 1 May 2006
Jane Jacobs's book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" changed the way people thought about urban planning, the street and the character of cities. Roger Scruton reflects on the relevance of its message today.
Monday 6th March

Power inquiry, public debate

Roger Scruton, 6 March 2006
The integrity of Britain's political settlement is assailed by New Labour government, commercial lobbyists and pressure-group interests. The Power inquiry is right that reform is needed, but the public itself must take charge of the debate, says Roger Scruton.
Thursday 22nd December

A year of awakening

Roger Scruton, 22 December 2005
In the last days of 2005, leading thinkers and scholars from around the world share their fears, hopes and expectations of 2006. Forty-nine of openDemocracy’s distinguished contributors, from Mariano Aguirre to Slavoj Zizek, Neal Ascherson to Jonathan Zittrain – offer their predictions for the coming year. Since this is openDemocracy, we did not expect them to agree. We were not disappointed. (Part Two)
Monday 12th December

The fundamentals of democracy: a response to John Palmer

Roger Scruton, 12 December 2005
The argument for supranational European governance strikes at the root of democracy, says Roger Scruton.
Wednesday 12th October

Democracy or theocracy? A response to Barnett & Hilton

Roger Scruton, 12 October 2005
In its silence about Islam and its hostility to the United States, Anthony Barnett & Isabel Hilton’s definition of the threats to democracy fails to convince Roger Scruton.
Thursday 25th August

Maurice Cowling's achievement

Roger Scruton, 25 August 2005
The ideas of English conservative thinker Maurice Cowling had a profound influence on the country’s intellectual life. Roger Scruton assesses his legacy.
Monday 11th July

The United States and the open society: a response to Gara LaMarche

Roger Scruton, 11 July 2005
Gara LaMarche’s portrait of a conservative takeover of American political institutions and public culture is tendentious and inaccurate, says Roger Scruton; it is also based on a misunderstanding of what an open society is.
Wednesday 9th March

Lebanon before and after Syria

Roger Scruton, 9 March 2005
Lebanon’s recovery of national independence requires a full accounting of Syria’s role in its destruction, says Roger Scruton.
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