Roger Scruton is a visiting professor at Oxford University, where he is also a Fellow at Blackfriars Hall. His many books include Art and Imagination , Sexual Desire , The Aesthetics of Music , and A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism .
"""Compelling and readable... [O]ne not just to read but to return to and to query with persistence and concentration, a book in fact not to borrow and peruse, but to possess and make one's own.""--Anthony Savile, Times Literary Supplement ""This book is powerful and unusual... The author combines wide knowledge of both buildings and the main writings on architecture with searching philosophical analysis.""--Literary Review ""A remarkable contribution that should interest designers, teachers, critics, and historians.""--Michael McMordie, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians ""This is a highly readable book, valuable in its examination of philosophical concepts in the immediate context of architecture, and valuable in its overview of architecture itself.""--Kenneth Nugent, Month ""This is an important book which deserves to be read, not just by students and academics, but by all who take an intelligent interest in architecture.""--Peter F. Smith, RIBA Journal"