The Future of Conservatism: Roger Scruton and the Salisbury Review today

Wednesday 23 September, 18:00—19:00, Vinson Centre, University of Buckingham, 21 Hunter Street, Buckingham MK18 1EGSatellite events

THIS BATTLE OF IDEAS SATELLITE EVENT IS HOSTED BY UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM.

Entrance is free. Reserve a place here.

The philosopher Roger Scruton was the inaugural professor of philosophy at the University of Buckingham and left a powerful legacy of defending traditional culture, local community attachment, and aesthetic beauty – often posed as an antidote to perceived modern rootlessness. He published more than forty books in philosophy, aesthetics, and politics, with his works translated into dozens of languages. Scruton used the term “oikophilia,” meaning the love of home, to explain why people need deep ties to their traditions and history and argued that a healthy society rests on shared values and quiet loyalties.

Scruton was appointed as the chief editor of the Salisbury Review in 1982 and stayed in that role for eighteen years. At this special Battle of Ideas satellite event, the current editor of the Salisbury Review, Alistair Miller, and University of Buckingham post-graduate student, Daniel Silveira, will discuss Scruton’s legacy and more broadly the future of conservatism.

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Vinson Centre for the Public Understanding of Economics and Entrepreneurship
21 Hunter Street, Buckingham MK18 1EG