Van de Schoonheid en de Troost — Season 1, Episode 2: Homecoming: Roger Scruton
Documentary • 93 min • 1 season, 27 episodes
Episode synopsis
Reactionary, contrary, controversial: all labels that have been stuck on the British philosopher Roger Scruton over the years. Once a modernist philosopher, Scruton is now averse to modern philosophical movements such as poststructuralism and postmodernism. An important theme in his work is the alienation of contemporary man from the true values of life.
About Van de Schoonheid en de Troost
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More episodes from Season 1
- E1Fathers Roses: Wole Soyinka
- E3Alone on the mountain: Jane Goodall
- E4The Code of Pasternak: George Steiner
- E5The End of the Thirteenth: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- E6Thor, Newton, Einstein: Steven Weinberg
- E7Guilt: Martha Nussbaum
- E8You Are There and You Are Not: Karel Appel
- E9The Greatest Mystery Is Not the Universe: Edward Witten
- E10Dear Mother: Elizabeth Loftus
- E11When My Father Was Still Big: Rutger Kopland
- E12What's Mary Doing in the Cave: Gary Lynch
- E13John the Myth: Stephen Jay Gould