Roger Scruton's How to be a Conservative 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. As he writes, the book 'is not about what we have lost, but about what we have retained, and how to hold on to it'.
In 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. The book concludes on a personal note, with 'a valediction forbidding mourning but admitting loss'.
- ISBN10 147296523X
- ISBN13 9781472965233
- Publish Date 7 March 2019 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Continuum
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 208
- Language English