{"product_id":"9781472965233-how-to-be-a-conservative","title":"How to be a conservative","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenowned philosopher Roger Scruton draws on his own experience as a counter-culture presence in public life to explain conservatism in a sceptical age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Scruton’s \u003ci\u003eHow to be a Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e presents the case for modern conservatism not in the terms of an elegy but rather as a practical example of how to live as a conservative despite the pressures to live otherwise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he writes, the book ‘is not about what we have lost, but about what we have retained, and how to hold on to it’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this witty and frank account, Scruton draws on his years of experience as a counter-cultural presence in public life. He examines the truths in Nationalism, Socialism, Capitalism, Liberalism, Multiculturalism, Environmentalism, Internationalism and finally Conservatism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book concludes on a personal note, with 'a valediction forbidding mourning but admitting loss'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944612343905,"sku":"9781472965233","price":13.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29625927.jpg?v=1725613158","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472965233-how-to-be-a-conservative","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}