Roger Scruton
English philosopher and writer
Roger Scruton, knighted in 2016, was an English philosopher whose work centered on aesthetics and conservative political thought.
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British Born 1944 in Buslingthorpe, United Kingdom Died 2020
Influenced by Immanuel Kant
About Roger Scruton
Scruton, born in 1944 and died in 2020, was an English philosopher with a special focus on aesthetics and political philosophy. He wrote on art, music, architecture, religion and politics, and often contributed to newspapers and magazines such as The Times and The Spectator. He taught aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London, from 1971 to 1992, and later taught at Boston University. He was the first editor of The Salisbury Review, a journal of conservative politics that he helped to found. In the 1980s he helped set up underground academic networks in Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe, and in 1998 the Czech Republic honored him with its Medal of Merit (First Class) for that work. From 2019 to 2020 he chaired a UK government commission on building beautifully. His books include How to be a Conservative and The Soul of the World.