The West and the Rest
Globalization and the Terrorist Threat
Scruton shows how the different religious and philosophical roots of Western and Islamic societies have resulted in those societies' profoundly divergent beliefs about the nature of political order. For one thing, the idea of the social contract, crucial to the self-conception of Western nations, is entirely absent in Islamic societies. Similarly, Scruton explains why the notions of territorial jurisdiction, citizenship, and the independent legitimacy of secular authority and law are both specifically Western and fundamentally antipathetic to Islamic thought.And yet, says Scruton, for its adherents Islam provides amply for one of the most fun…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4976-4894-4
- EAN: 9781497648944
- Produktnummer: 19296612
- Verlag: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Roger Scruton is among the most prominent contemporary English writers. A philosopher who was formerly a professor at Birkbeck College in London and at Boston University, he is now a freelance writer living in Wiltshire. His articles on political, cultural, and rural themes appear frequently in the British and American media. Among his more than twenty books are An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture, The Aesthetics of Music, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey, and The Meaning of Conservatism.
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