: Initial academic influences and philosophical awakening.
: Early life in High Wycombe and his formative education. Conversations with Roger Scruton
: Reflections on wine, hunting, and other "unfashionable" causes he defended. : Initial academic influences and philosophical awakening
: His tenure at Birkbeck College and the crystallization of his right-wing views. these conversations provide a rare
The book is organized chronologically and by theme, following Scruton's development as a thinker:
(2016) is a collection of intimate interviews between the English philosopher Roger Scruton and his intellectual biographer, Mark Dooley . Conducted over three days at Scruton’s Sunday Hill Farm in Wiltshire, these conversations provide a rare, candid look into his life, ranging from his working-class upbringing to his controversial career as a public intellectual. Structure and Chapters