Globalization, Democracy, and Discontent
In the wake of a global pandemic, Western democracies have become hugely indebted, weak, self-loathing riven by incessant migration and beset by an identity crisis. What went wrong?
The Origins of European Unity and Disunity in Jan Patočka’s Heretical Essays
The rise of political and spiritual disunity in early modern Europe coincides with what Patočka calls
the desire to “project […] the division of Europe upon a division of the world” — in a word, colonialism.
The Influx of Immigrants into Europe and the Increase in Sexual Violence
Hirsi Ali establishes a link between immigration and increasing sexual violence against women, and traces back the root of the problem to the cultural differences between Christian Europe and Muslim-majority countries.
COVID, Crypto, and Climate: We Are in an Increasingly Abusive Relationship with the Idea of ‘The Science’
Science is merely a tool. Tools may be used—and abused—towards this or that end, but they do not determine the end that is chosen.
Nuclear Power as an Asset to Strengthen Hungarian Autonomy
Nuclear energy is demonized in some countries, and yet in most of the world we experience the renaissance of nuclear power.
The Struggles of Men of a More Sophisticated Age
In its entirety, Scitovszky’s memoirs are a compelling and eloquent retelling of many of the obscure events at and after Trianon, written by a man of a sophisticated age, hardened by insurmountable challenges and driven by a sense
of duty and responsibility.
