Books by Brian Coman

Roger Sworder was a remarkable teacher, philosopher, poet and metaphysician who taught two generations of tertiary students. This book is a tribute to him and his work. It contains essays by former students and teaching colleagues, along with a short biography and a series of previously unpublished autobiographical poems. Anyone with an interest in the Western Tradition will find it an immensely rewarding read.

This new book from Brian Coman critically examines a number of modern shibboleths, chief among them being the idea of progress as a permanent condition of the modern West. Closely allied to the idea of progress is the notion of science as salvation, and of human nature as an infinitely flexible entity, wholly amenable to manipulation by the various 'therapies' of our age. Combined with a liberalism which stresses individualism, the whole 'spirit of the age' makes war on the traditional notion of the human in society.