Sir Roger Scruton was a writer and philosopher who has published more than forty books in philosophy, aesthetics and politics. Writing with great clarity, Scruton delivers a devastating critique of modern left-wing thinking. Can there be any foundation for resistance to the leftist agenda without religious faith? In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands Scruton asks, What does the Left look like today, and how has it evolved? He charts the transfer of grievances, from the working class to women, gays, and immigrants, asks what we can put in the place of radical egalitarianism, and what explains the continued dominance of antinomian attitudes in the intellectual world. In addition to assessments of these thinkers' philosophical and political contributions, the book contains a biographical and bibliographical section summarizing their careers and most important writings. Laing, Jurgen Habermas, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Žižek, Ralph Milliband, and Eric Hobsbawm. Beginning with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concluding with a critique of the key strands in its thinking, Roger Scruton conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as E. “Caustic, highly recherché, and simply great fun to read for the questing intellectual soul.From one of the leading critics of leftist orientations comes a study of the thinkers who have most influenced the attitudes of the New Left. complex and erudite” – Publisher's Weekly US “Eminent British philosopher and polymath Scruton gives a sharp-edged, provocative critique of leading leftist thinkers since the mid-twentieth century. The result is a devastating critique of modern left-wing thinking. Scruton's exploration of these important issues is written with skill, perception and at all times with pellucid clarity. In Thinkers of the New Left Scruton asks, what does the Left look like today and as it has evolved since 1989? He charts the transfer of grievances from the working class to women, gays and immigrants, asks what can we put in the place of radical egalitarianism, and what explains the continued dominance of antinomian attitudes in the intellectual world? Can there be any foundation for resistance to the leftist agenda without religious faith?

Laing, Jurgen Habermas, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Zizek, Ralph Milliband and Eric Hobsbawm.

He conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as: E. Scruton begins with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concludes with a critique of the key strands in its thinking.

Fools firebrands and frauds