![]() He even praises Foucault and Sartre at points, and says that Zizek has some interesting things to say about culture. Notably Scruton doesn't dismiss these figures merely because they're leftists: he actually delves into their writings, tries to understand them, wrestles with what they're saying. ![]() ![]() In the book, Scruton critiques a bunch of different philosophers, historians, and other "thinkers of the new left", including Sartre, Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, Zizek, Lacan, Hobsbawm, Adorno, Habermas and Lukacs. I say this as someone who until pretty recently considered himself a Marxist or Marxist-leaning, and who loves critical theory and anti-capitalist philosophy. This book, though, is in my opinion quite well-written, charitable to its subjects, and ultimately fairly persuasive of the idea that a lot of continental-type political philosophy is without substance. ![]() Right off the bat, I know Scruton isn't hugely respected in the philosophy community because of the tobacco thing, as well as because he's defended some controversial conservative positions with arguments that aren't very good. ![]()
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