Thanks for this. I’ll be on long airline flights over the next three weeks, so I have picked off my bookshelves his 2012 book “Green Philosophy- how to think seriously about the planet” to reread. In it he argues that a better answer to our environmental problems than delegating everything to NGOs and international quangos, a conservative approach of taking personal responsibility within traditional local associations, caring for the environment as our home, is a better path. Given what is happening to small farmers and the countryside under our current government we need to think about this.
The other book of his I love is his 2015 take on new left thinkers Fools, Frauds & Firebrands.
Is it worth adding a bibliography of conservative thought to your stack ? As a start I would include Michael Oakshott’s essays Rationalism in politics and On being conservative.
Thank you for your comment and suggestions. A general bibliography of conservatism is something I might look at writing one day, but that's a vast field just to read through and I feel I've only scratched the surface. I wouldn't want to recommend works to readers without being able to explain why. However, I have a more focussed look at one conservative coming up, built around a bibliography, which I hope will be of interest.
Thanks for this. I’ll be on long airline flights over the next three weeks, so I have picked off my bookshelves his 2012 book “Green Philosophy- how to think seriously about the planet” to reread. In it he argues that a better answer to our environmental problems than delegating everything to NGOs and international quangos, a conservative approach of taking personal responsibility within traditional local associations, caring for the environment as our home, is a better path. Given what is happening to small farmers and the countryside under our current government we need to think about this.
The other book of his I love is his 2015 take on new left thinkers Fools, Frauds & Firebrands.
Is it worth adding a bibliography of conservative thought to your stack ? As a start I would include Michael Oakshott’s essays Rationalism in politics and On being conservative.
Thank you for your comment and suggestions. A general bibliography of conservatism is something I might look at writing one day, but that's a vast field just to read through and I feel I've only scratched the surface. I wouldn't want to recommend works to readers without being able to explain why. However, I have a more focussed look at one conservative coming up, built around a bibliography, which I hope will be of interest.