THE USES OF PESSIMISM: AND THE DANGER OF FALSE HOPE

Book ID/图书代码： 00970010B37033

English Summary/英文概要： Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fallacies that derive from it. In place of these fallacies, Scruton mounts a passionate defence of both civil society and freedom. He shows that the true legacy of European civilisation is not the false idealisms that have almost destroyed it - in the shapes of Nazism, fascism and communism - but the culture of forgiveness and irony which we must now protect from those whom it offends. The Uses of Pessimism is a passionate plea for reason and responsibility, written at a time of profound change.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 斯库顿认为，欧洲大陆历史上的悲剧和灾难一直是虚假的乐观主义和谬误导致的后果。在这些歪理邪说的地方，斯库顿提出了对公民社会和自由的热情辩护。他展现了欧洲文明的真正遗产不是几乎要毁灭它的虚假的理想主义——在纳粹主义形式下，法西斯主义和共产主义——但是宽恕和讽刺的文化是我们现在必须保护的以防止受到侵害。《利用悲观》是在深刻变化的时代下所写的一次为理性和责任充满激情的抗辩。(兼职翻译-JDM)

Awards/获奖情况：由罗杰•斯库顿所写的《利用悲观》已销往荷兰、意大利、波兰，葡萄牙和西班牙。

About the Author/作者介绍： 罗杰•斯库顿目前任教于心理科学研究所，他在华盛顿大学和牛津大学研究生院教授哲学。他是一个作家、哲学家和公众评论员。他擅长并专注于音乐和建筑美学。他从事当代政治和文化辩论，从一个保守的思想家的观点出发，并以强大的辩论家身份而闻名。他在出版物上刊登广泛的政治和文化话题文章。

ROGER SCRUTON is a writer and philosopher who has written on aesthetics, politics, music and architecture. He is currently Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, and Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. His most recent books, Green Philosophy (2012) and Our Church (2012), are published by Atlantic Books. He lives in rural Wiltshire with his wife and two children.

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