Articles by Roger Scruton

The Polish philosopher demolished Marxism in the west. How did he get away with it?

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

 

An argument over sharia highlights the difference between Christian and Muslim visions of law

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

The American philosopher's exclusionary form of argument was grounded in denial of the idea of truth

The trend toward Britain's fragmentation leaves its majority nation in search of itself, finds Roger Scruton.

The British prime minister has replaced real politics with a carefully crafted fiction, says Roger Scruton.

The problem revealed by 9/11, far from resolved five years on, is of a radical Islamism driven by "transferable grievance", says Roger Scruton.

The heart of the war in Lebanon is Hizbollah's challenge to Lebanon's national sovereignty, says Roger Scruton.

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

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.

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.

The argument for supranational European governance strikes at the root of democracy, says Roger Scruton.

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.

The ideas of English conservative thinker Maurice Cowling had a profound influence on the country’s intellectual life. Roger Scruton assesses his legacy.

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.

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

The Madrid conference marking the anniversary of the March 2004 terrorist attacks must not be imprisoned in the chains of political correctness, says Roger Scruton.

The way leftists – and openDemocracy writers – stereotype their political opponents in the American election reveals a thought–denying prejudice, says Roger Scruton.

Even before the British government of Tony Blair first proposed to ban hunting with dogs in England and Wales two years ago, thus provoking massive protest demonstrations involving hundreds of thousands of people, openDemocracy realised that this polarising issue required discussion and dialogue between voices on different sides of the argument. The result was our debate of June–December 2002, “Hunting culture – is there a place for hunting in the modern world?”