A third edition of A Dictionary of Political Thought was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2007 it provides a concise and comprehensive collection of definitions for political thought and processes. Gentle Regrets (Continuum, 2006) and On Hunting (Random House, 1998) are two autobiographical works. Roger Scruton's prolific writing has led to the publication of many books in the last decade or so including England: An Elegy (Continuum, Books, 2000), an attempt to give identity to the idea of England and a tribute to its values and institutions Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde' (OUP, 2003), an analysis of the musical and spiritual meaning of Wagner's work News from Somewhere: On Settling (Continuum, 2003), an evocative account of the author's attempt to put down roots in rural Wiltshire A Political Philosophy (Continuum, 2006), a thoughtful response to the development and decline of western civilization, The West and the Rest (ISI, 2001), an analysis of the values held by the 'West' and how they are distinct from those held by other cultures. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a fellow of the British Academy. The eight lectures can be viewed here, and were published in 2014 as The Soul of the World (Princeton University Press). In 2011 he gave the Stanton Lectures in the Divinity School at the University of Cambridge. The lectures have been collected and published under the title The Face of God (Continuum, 2012), In 2010 he gave the Gifford Lectures in St Andrews under the title of 'The Face of God'. Roger Scruton is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington and Professor at the University of Buckingham, for which he teaches an MA and a PhD program in London.
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