Title: Ascendant Realism
Subtitle: A Philosophy of Purposeful Growth, Virtue, and Control
Subject Classification:  Philosophy, Morals, Built Environment  
BIC Classification: HPQ, HP, AM
BISAC Classification: PHI005000, PHI001000, ARC010000
Binding: Hardback, eBook
Planned publication date: Feb 2026
ISBN (Hardback): 978-1-83711-718-5
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-83711-719-2

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Description

Ascendant Realism is a philosophical manifesto on the moral reconstruction of civilisation. It argues that freedom, virtue, and order are inseparable—calling for a renewal of form, discipline, and purpose in every sphere of life. Through realism and hierarchy, it charts a path from decay toward enduring human excellence.

The current ‘neutral’ technocracy and value-relativism have yielded institutional fragility, aesthetic decay, and civic drift. The book offers a coherent, practicable alternative: standards, forms, and disciplines that ordinary institutions can implement to build what endures.

The author presents ‘Ascendant Realism’ as a single framework, linking metaphysical realism, virtue ethics, aesthetic standards, institutional incentives, and technological governance. It proposes a positive hierarchy of ‘goods’ (prudence governing justice, fortitude, temperance) tied to concrete design principles in law, city form, curriculum, and enterprise.

The book’s primary audience is scholars and graduate students in moral/political philosophy, philosophy of education, aesthetics/architecture, and public policy. It will also be of value to
institutional leaders (of schools, universities, civic and cultural bodies), policymakers, city planners, and architects.

Biography

Author(s):  Dr Craig Wright is a polymath whose work unites philosophy, economics, and systems design. He holds multiple doctorates, his seventh completed in 2025. He researches at the University of Exeter, UK.

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