The Uses of Pessimism. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roger Scruton.
• Authors: Scruton, Roger
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; One The First-Person Future; Two The Best Case Fallacy; Three The Born Free Fallacy; Four The Utopian Fallacy; Five The Zero Sum Fallacy; Six The Planning Fallacy; Seven The Moving Spirit Fallacy; Eight The Aggregation Fallacy; Nine Defences Against The Truth; Ten Our Tribal Past; Eleven Our Civil Present; Twelve Our Human Future.
• Publisher Details: London : Atlantic Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 149/.6; Pessimism; Optimism; PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General; PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Deconstruction; Optimism; Pessimism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848878815; 1848878818
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.