It is a polemical dissection and indictment of the perceived destructive aims and tactics of the left. “Scruton’s book is not the dispassionate examination and measured assessment of philosophical arguments typical of analytic philosophers. This he does with rhetorical vigor and flair, and though he often paints with the broadest of brushes and does not always make the distinctions perfect fairness would call for, his critique is a powerful one indeed.” Alan Jacobs, The American Conservative If not polemic, Fools wanders perilously close to being so, without stepping over the line. Though not exactly scathing, Fools offers more of a historical criticism than a critique. “…he largely sets aside constructive philosophical work in order to dismantle the dismantlers. In Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands, Roger Scruton offers an intellectual biography of the New Left and the Social Justice academic landscape. "Scruton's stylish writing and his knowledge and passion for his subject make this an entertaining read." Patricia Duffaud The Book Bag Yet the zingier, more knockabout new title promises more fury than the book supplies." Steven Poole - The Guardian "Scruton is brilliant at the patient demolition, in sorrowful yet witty tones, of wobbly conceptual edifices. "“He neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers he patiently deconstructs them, first explaining their work in terms they themselves would recognise and then laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretentions." Barton Swaim - Wall Street Journal "Unlike many conservatives, Scruton isn’t merely a debunker, but offers a way out of Marxism." Ron Capshaw - National Review "Outstanding and very necessary" Laetitia Strauch - Standpoint
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