Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Philosophy, Policy and Dogma The Conservative Attitude Authority and Allegiance Constitution and the State Law and Liberty Property Alienated Labour The Autonomous Institution Establishment The Public World Appendix: Liberalism versus Conservatism Notes Index

First published in 1980, this contribution to political thought is a statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents.

ROGER SCRUTON is an academic philosopher who has been Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College London and at Boston University, Massachusetts. He is a writer and journalist and has published over twenty books, including philosophy, political theory, criticism and novels.