Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
Thinkers of the New Left
Roger Scruton
A leading philosopher provides a devastating critique of modern left-wing thinking in Fools, Frauds and Firebrands. Scruton examines the influential thinkers who have shaped the New Left and analyzes the key strands in their thinking. Can resistance to the left's agenda exist without religious faith? Scruton explores these issues with clarity and skill, and includes biographical and bibliographical summaries of the major left-wing thinkers discussed in the book.
Publish Date
2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1998
Goodreads Rating
4.05
ISBN
9781472965219
Recommendations
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Recommendations
2020-01-13T10:23:41.000Z
Roger Scruton’s book “Fools, frauds and firebrands” is an essential reading to understand the “Left”, while determining the role of an Indian “Right”. It is a damning indictment of the lies, delusions and bigotries of leading Western Leftist thinkers. – source