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Hungarian Conservative Thought: A Competitive Advantage

The guiding thread of Hungarian conservative thinking has always been to represent the Hungarian national interest, and thus the preservation of the country’s sovereignty and freedom—this is understood to supersede any theoretical concepts.

Balázs Orbán — 04.01.22

Philosophy

‘Theologians’ on Modern Politics: Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde

In this article, we would like to highlight a particular detail of Böckenförde’s thinking—specifically his conception of the relationship between Catholics and the state.

András Jancsó — 09.12.21

Philosophy

“Theologians” on modern politics – H. Richard Niebuhr

In this article, the insightful ideas of an essential American protestant theologian from the last century will be recalled.

Ádám Darabos — 08.12.21

Philosophy

“Theologians” on Modern Politics: Johann Baptist Metz

In the article we briefly introduce the ‘new political theology’ of Johann Baptist Metz (1928-2019), a contemporary of Ratzinger’s and a defining figure in 20th-century German theology.

András Jancsó — 16.11.21

Philosophy

The Myth of the Secular State

Does the model of the ‘secular’ state—that is, a state devoid of any religious foundations, as presumed by the narrative of separation—exist at all, or is only a myth of the modern era?

Tamás Nyirkos — 01.11.21

Philosophy

“Theologians” on Modern Politics: Joseph Ratzinger

We present a brief introduction to the political thinking of an eminent contemporary Catholic theologian, Joseph Ratzinger (1927–), the subsequent Pope Benedict XVI.

András Jancsó — 06.09.21

Philosophy

Theologians on Modern Politics – Reinhold Niebuhr

This article examines a nowadays less quoted part of Reinhold Niebuhr’s thought, which is also related to his emphasis on the sinfulness of human nature, the idea of the ‘easy conscience of man’.

Ádám Darabos — 27.08.21

Philosophy

The Philosopher and the Politician

Being politically modern means the hope that people are able to take their own life into their hands and be their own masters, and that the human condition can be completely understood and controlled.

Attila Károly Molnár — 05.07.21

Philosophy

The Values and Guidelines of Twenty-first-century Conservatism

A kind of manifesto for conservative values that we can perhaps all commit to in these turbulent times.

PhD Candidates at the BLF — 11.04.21

Philosophy

The Re-emergence Of Sovereignty

The political debates of the last half decade show that the concept of sovereignty has revived in the political public.

András Karácsony — 11.04.21

Philosophy

National Identity in Roger Scruton’s Work

Scruton wrote that the foundation of democracy is not necessarily liberalism but a sense of national loyalty.

Krzysztof Brzechczyn — 01.04.21

Philosophy

We the Natives

In the age of soft colonization and hybrid neo-colonialism, the war of independence must be fought in the cultural field in the first place.

Márton Békés — 01.04.21