Roger Scruton is Visiting Professor in the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. He is also Visiting Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and a contributing editor to The New Atlantis. He is author of many books, both fiction and non-fiction, including The Soul of the World, The Aesthetic Understanding, and The Meaning of Conservatism. He is also the author of two operas, The Minister and Violet.
Roger Scruton On Beauty
Speaker(s): Roger Scruton
Date: May 5 2013
Length: 1h 10min
Product ID: RGDL4306S
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"People need beauty. They need the sense of being at home in their world, and being in communication with other souls," writes the world-famous philosopher Roger Scruton.
"In so many areas of modern life - in pop music, in television and cinema, in language and literature - beauty is being displaced by raucous and attention-grabbing cliches," laments Scruton. "We are being torn out of ourselves by the loud and insolent gestures of people who want to seize our attention but to give nothing in return for it."
In response to this Scruton outlines the importance of beauty both spiritually and aesthetically in modern life.
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