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PHILOSOPHY

Jacopo Ligozzi, A Chimera (between 1590 and 1610). Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
  • PHILOSOPHY, TECH

(Post)Humanism: Proving Fukuyama Right?

‘Without Christianity, there are no human rights, nor any democracy. Therefore, Fukuyama’s “Last Man” is not the triumph of human history at all, but quite the opposite: as he puts, that will indeed be the “End of History” for humanity….
  • László Gábor Lovászy
  • ‎ —‎ 07.09.2025
:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel
  • PHILOSOPHY

Is the Majority Always Right? — Democracy and Rationality Part II

‘Paradoxically, it appears that democracy can only sustain and protect itself from collapse—whether through tyranny or chaos—by relying on elements that are not themselves democratic. It often seems easier to justify democracy with a quasi-mystical hypothesis than with one grounded…
  • Zoltán Pető
  • ‎ —‎ 04.09.2025
  • PHILOSOPHY

Is the Majority Always Right? — Democracy and Rationality Part I

‘It is not an easy task to clean the concept of democracy from the secondary meanings that have been imposed on it during more than two centuries of modern usage. I will not attempt to solve this task; instead, I…
  • Zoltán Pető
  • ‎ —‎ 31.08.2025
Anselm Feuerbach, The Symposium (1871–1874). National Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • PHILOSOPHY, REVIEW

Is There Such a Thing as an Ideal State?

‘Liberalism…had reached its full potential by the twentieth century. It has achieved its highest goals and, in doing so, has cut the human person off from tradition, religion, and natural communities. The struggles of the first progressive ideology seem to…
  • Miklós Szánthó
  • ‎ —‎ 24.08.2025
Gustave Doré's illustration of Inferno, Canto 13 (ca. 1866). Dante and Virgilius meet Pietro della Vigna in the Wood of the Self-Murderers
  • PHILOSOPHY

Vernacular Poetry: Dante’s Secret Weapon against Vice

‘The fleshy vernacular of this new version of the Inferno forces us to slow down and see, feel, taste, smell, and almost touch the reality of our sin—as Christ did in the Incarnation. Perfect sight awaits us in paradise, but…
  • Anthony Jones
  • ‎ —‎ 16.08.2025
President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Georges Bidault (standing) delivers a speech with Director-General of UNESCO Sir Julian Huxley (R) at the UNESCO conference in Paris, France, 19 November 1946
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, PHILOSOPHY

The UDHR at 75

‘UNESCO’s programming in the areas of education and the social and human sciences, combined with the work of the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights and international human rights treaty body committees, transformed the aspirational UDHR into…
  • Jim Kelly
  • ‎ —‎ 10.08.2025
  • PHILOSOPHY

The Individual and the ‘Mass Man’: Oakeshottian Conservatism in a Rationalized World — Part II

‘It can no longer be said that the individual manqué is merely a “shadow”; it appears, rather, to be the norm. Today, it is worth reflecting on the extent to which, since Oakeshott’s death, the European experience has shifted from…
  • Zoltán Pető
  • ‎ —‎ 10.08.2025
  • PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS

The Western Powers Fall Into the Baudrillardian Singularity

‘[T]he…West…has finally reached the Baudrillardian singularity, and become completely absorbed by a self-referential simulation that its own leaders have created. This simulation continues to insulate the leaders of the West, but as rays of underlying reality start to shine through…
  • Max Keating–Philip Pilkington
  • ‎ —‎ 09.08.2025
The Monk by the Sea
  • PHILOSOPHY

The Individual and the ‘Mass Man’: Oakeshottian Conservatism in a Rationalized World — Part I

‘The mass man is incapable of making authentic, personal decisions in situations of crisis or autonomy. For this reason, he requires a leader—someone who can think, decide, and act on his behalf. This leader makes the mass man aware of…
  • Zoltán Pető
  • ‎ —‎ 06.08.2025
Maerten de Vos, Allegory of the Seven Liberal Arts (1590). Private collection
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, PHILOSOPHY

The Conservative ‘Idea of a University’

‘In the twenty-first century, it might be thought quixotic…to be highlighting ideas about the purpose of universities that have anything to do with conservatism…The dominance of a progressive liberal “idea of a University” should not, however, let us forget that…
  • Nicholas Tate
  • ‎ —‎ 03.08.2025
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, PHILOSOPHY

The Culture of Time: Watches as the Last Outpost of Manly Mode

‘In an age where a phone tells better time than any Rolex, watches are thriving—not despite their obsolescence, but because of it. They are beautiful, technical, embodied objects in an abstract and disposable world. They are the final adornment, the…
  • Jonathan Price
  • ‎ —‎ 24.07.2025
  • PHILOSOPHY

Restoring the Natural Law in the Body Politic

‘Leo XIII hinted…that Christians and non-Christians alike…can only benefit from natural law…because it “is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, [and] constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting, particularly on…
  • Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
  • ‎ —‎ 07.07.2025
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PHILOSOPHY

(Post)Humanism: Proving Fukuyama Right?
PHILOSOPHY TECH

(Post)Humanism: Proving Fukuyama Right?

‘Without Christianity, there are no human rights, nor any democracy. Therefore, Fukuyama’s “Last Man” is not the triumph of human history at all, but quite the opposite: as he puts, that will indeed be the “End of History” for humanity. So, will Fukuyama be proved right in terms of humanism and the fallible fate of the “Last Man”? He has always been right.’

László Gábor Lovászy
07.09.2025
Is the Majority Always Right? — Democracy and Rationality Part II
PHILOSOPHY

Is the Majority Always Right? — Democracy and Rationality Part II

‘Paradoxically, it appears that democracy can only sustain and protect itself from collapse—whether through tyranny or chaos—by relying on elements that are not themselves democratic. It often seems easier to justify democracy with a quasi-mystical hypothesis than with one grounded in the actual conditions of political reality.’

Zoltán Pető
04.09.2025
Is the Majority Always Right? — Democracy and Rationality Part I
PHILOSOPHY

Is the Majority Always Right? — Democracy and Rationality Part I

‘It is not an easy task to clean the concept of democracy from the secondary meanings that have been imposed on it during more than two centuries of modern usage. I will not attempt to solve this task; instead, I will undertake a brief interpretation of a very simple principle, the principle of quantity, and its role in modern democracy, in relation to political religion and rationality.’

Zoltán Pető
31.08.2025
Is There Such a Thing as an Ideal State?
PHILOSOPHY REVIEW

Is There Such a Thing as an Ideal State?

‘Liberalism…had reached its full potential by the twentieth century. It has achieved its highest goals and, in doing so, has cut the human person off from tradition, religion, and natural communities. The struggles of the first progressive ideology seem to continue to this day, but they are clearly a substitute for action.’

Miklós Szánthó
24.08.2025
Vernacular Poetry: Dante’s Secret Weapon against Vice
PHILOSOPHY

Vernacular Poetry: Dante’s Secret Weapon against Vice

‘The fleshy vernacular of this new version of the Inferno forces us to slow down and see, feel, taste, smell, and almost touch the reality of our sin—as Christ did in the Incarnation. Perfect sight awaits us in paradise, but to attain it, our vision needs to be healed, one line at a time.’

Anthony Jones
16.08.2025
The UDHR at 75
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

The UDHR at 75

‘UNESCO’s programming in the areas of education and the social and human sciences, combined with the work of the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights and international human rights treaty body committees, transformed the aspirational UDHR into a “living” instrument for realizing Huxley’s progressive vision.’

Jim Kelly
10.08.2025
The Individual and the ‘Mass Man’: Oakeshottian Conservatism in a Rationalized World — Part II
PHILOSOPHY

The Individual and the ‘Mass Man’: Oakeshottian Conservatism in a Rationalized World — Part II

‘It can no longer be said that the individual manqué is merely a “shadow”; it appears, rather, to be the norm. Today, it is worth reflecting on the extent to which, since Oakeshott’s death, the European experience has shifted from Societas to Universitas—and on the current condition of both the individual and the “mass man”.’

Zoltán Pető
10.08.2025
The Western Powers Fall Into the Baudrillardian Singularity
PHILOSOPHY POLITICS

The Western Powers Fall Into the Baudrillardian Singularity

‘[T]he…West…has finally reached the Baudrillardian singularity, and become completely absorbed by a self-referential simulation that its own leaders have created. This simulation continues to insulate the leaders of the West, but as rays of underlying reality start to shine through the cracks in the edifice, most people conclude that our political systems are becoming increasingly “fake”.’

Max Keating–Philip Pilkington
09.08.2025
The Individual and the ‘Mass Man’: Oakeshottian Conservatism in a Rationalized World — Part I
PHILOSOPHY

The Individual and the ‘Mass Man’: Oakeshottian Conservatism in a Rationalized World — Part I

‘The mass man is incapable of making authentic, personal decisions in situations of crisis or autonomy. For this reason, he requires a leader—someone who can think, decide, and act on his behalf. This leader makes the mass man aware of his power through numerical superiority and conformity, shaping modern mass states.’

Zoltán Pető
06.08.2025
The Conservative ‘Idea of a University’
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

The Conservative ‘Idea of a University’

‘In the twenty-first century, it might be thought quixotic…to be highlighting ideas about the purpose of universities that have anything to do with conservatism…The dominance of a progressive liberal “idea of a University” should not, however, let us forget that there is a conservative “idea of a University” waiting in the wings and ready for the opportunity to reassert itself…’

Nicholas Tate
03.08.2025
The Culture of Time: Watches as the Last Outpost of Manly Mode
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

The Culture of Time: Watches as the Last Outpost of Manly Mode

‘In an age where a phone tells better time than any Rolex, watches are thriving—not despite their obsolescence, but because of it. They are beautiful, technical, embodied objects in an abstract and disposable world. They are the final adornment, the last private ritual, the culture of time made visible—and kept close to the skin.’

Jonathan Price
24.07.2025
Restoring the Natural Law in the Body Politic
PHILOSOPHY

Restoring the Natural Law in the Body Politic

‘Leo XIII hinted…that Christians and non-Christians alike…can only benefit from natural law…because it “is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, [and] constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting, particularly on the delicate and pressing ethical issues that, today more than in the past, regard personal life and privacy.”’

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
07.07.2025
The Western Roots of China and the Chinese Roots of the West — Part II
PHILOSOPHY

The Western Roots of China and the Chinese Roots of the West — Part II

‘China is looking for a new moral synthesis of its Confucian and Western political culture that could stabilize Chinese society and take its “positive union” to new heights. This could be one of the most constructive dialogues between China and the West. But as the influence of Marxism in China wanes, the moment for this dialogue could pass at any time. Let us not miss this exciting opportunity.’

David Lloyd Dusenbury–Philip Pilkington
20.06.2025
The Western Roots of China and the Chinese Roots of the West — Part I
PHILOSOPHY

The Western Roots of China and the Chinese Roots of the West — Part I

‘Can Western nations hope to resurrect Western hegemony while remaining so dysfunctional domestically? Deeper still: are some of these domestic dysfunctions a direct result of their role in maintaining a liberal empire in its late stages? Viewed this way, the emerging multipolar world might…also present opportunities for cultural and political revitalization in the West.’

David Lloyd Dusenbury–Philip Pilkington
19.06.2025
Why Conservatives Should Rethink Their Idealization of the Nation State
OPINION PHILOSOPHY

Why Conservatives Should Rethink Their Idealization of the Nation State

‘As conservatives, we understand that the world is a broken and imperfect historical place. We cannot go back in time, but we can focus on building a future that is more conscious of the dangers posed by the neo-Durkheimian order to local conservatism. To protect local conservatism and nourish its telos, we must argue for the restoration of national sovereignty…’

Daniel de Liever
14.06.2025
Notes on Modern Mentality II — Why Is Atheism Possible?
PHILOSOPHY

Notes on Modern Mentality II — Why Is Atheism Possible?

‘…the idea of a Creator conceived and represented in vulgar theological approaches as a quasi-human person is not only unacceptable today but also explicitly harmful to the contemporary expressions and life-opportunities of religion, fostering further denial and turning away in philosophically or scientifically trained minds.’

Zoltán Pető
07.06.2025
Notes on Modern Mentality I — Why Is Atheism Possible?
PHILOSOPHY

Notes on Modern Mentality I — Why Is Atheism Possible?

‘The idea of the survivability of death is a key problem, because in its light the whole of life takes on a completely different meaning: if it is possible, nothing else is more important than this; if it is not possible, nothing else is more important than maximizing power and profit in the short period of life on earth—which submerges all other goals.’

Zoltán Pető
04.06.2025
A Philosopher Priest’s Thoughts on Education — The Social Theory of Pál Kecskés
PHILOSOPHY

A Philosopher Priest’s Thoughts on Education — The Social Theory of Pál Kecskés

‘…the ideas of Pál Kecskés on education and pedagogy are fundamentally rooted in Christian social theory, which seeks to envision an ideal society from a Christian perspective. His reflections remain relevant today, in a time when individuals…have perhaps never had a greater need to understand education and formation as inherently social processes.’

András Jancsó
10.05.2025
Stories We Live By: In the Footsteps of Hungarian Master Narratives
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

Stories We Live By: In the Footsteps of Hungarian Master Narratives

‘In Hungary, unique master narratives have emerged over the centuries that live with us to this day. We can run into them everywhere in the most diverse segments of life: in culture, in education, even in politics. What exactly does the term master narrative mean and why is it so crucial to our lives and identities? What are the defining Hungarian master narratives?’

Bence Partos
30.04.2025
Renaud Camus on Replacement
PHILOSOPHY

Renaud Camus on Replacement

‘We must resist the anthropology that reduces our humanity to a commodity of flesh, an anthropology that hollows out our interiority, an ontology that will not permit that interiority to have any substantial existence. Our task is not to preserve or defend the West. If Camus is right, we are way past that point. Our task is to decolonize the West.’

Nathan Pinkoski
21.04.2025
‘Man does not have an environment, but a world’
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

‘Man does not have an environment, but a world’

‘It is no longer clear where the boundaries between nature and culture, human and non-human, artificial and natural lie. In the face of this great uncertainty, we need to rethink fundamental questions such as what the social order is. It is no exaggeration to say that we need to recreate our worlds on a planet where the very foundations of life are being called into question.’

Zoltán Pető – Kálmán Tóth
20.04.2025
Reinhold Niebuhr on Morality and International Relations
PHILOSOPHY

Reinhold Niebuhr on Morality and International Relations

‘Applying Christian theology and ethics to international relations is now an acutely important activity. The hopeful realism of Reinhold Niebuhr offers one way of recovering a Christian approach to the crisis that is hurtling towards our civilization at a terrifying speed. Niebuhr’s anthropological pessimism provides a foundation for his notion that nations can, and should, work towards a fragile justice.’

Simon P. Kennedy
14.04.2025
A Prudent Response to a Continent Going Mad
PHILOSOPHY

A Prudent Response to a Continent Going Mad

‘Orbán and the Fidesz leadership are seeking lasting change to Hungarian politics and culture. They recognize that pro-life and pro-family issues are not just legal disputes; they are culture-wide struggles, and they must be addressed as such. Hungarian conservatives are not surrendering on these issues, and they are not acting recklessly…the Orbán government’s family policies are prudent.’

Michael N. Jacobs
07.04.2025
Lajos Prohászka as a Crisis Philosopher — Part III
PHILOSOPHY

Lajos Prohászka as a Crisis Philosopher — Part III

‘According to Prohászka, in modernity the tradition of earlier, non-atheistic ages does not die out completely, so that modernity, despite its distinctness, also draws on expressions of earlier forms of cultural life. If a positive turn is to be made, this must be grasped first and foremost.’

Zoltán Pető
29.03.2025
Lajos Prohászka as a Crisis Philosopher — Part II
PHILOSOPHY

Lajos Prohászka as a Crisis Philosopher — Part II

‘Prohászka have perceived that the blaring confidence of progressivist thought reflected only its inner emptiness, its blindness, its superficiality, its logical and philosophical inconsistency. What follows from these “new principles” is, above all, a tragedy of human existence, more serious than ever before. It is the denial of the immortality (or the possibility of immortality) of the soul.’

Zoltán Pető
26.03.2025
Lajos Prohászka as a Crisis Philosopher — Part I
PHILOSOPHY

Lajos Prohászka as a Crisis Philosopher — Part I

‘As Márton Molnár puts it, “Prohászka’s work covers three major—closely related—themes: educational science and the history of education…the theoretical issues of the philosophy of culture; and the problems of the modern cultural crisis.” In this paper, we focus on this last area: the modern cultural crisis.’

Zoltán Pető
21.03.2025
On Leo Strauss’s ‘Progress or Return?’
OPINION PHILOSOPHY

On Leo Strauss’s ‘Progress or Return?’

‘Strauss points away from the modern project of progressive enlightenment and toward an individual ascent out of modernity. Neither of the two premodern ways of life, biblical or philosophic, partakes of the modern hope in social progress, nor in the late modern historicism that would confine all thought to its time and place and obscure eternity. The fruitful antagonism of the two pre-modern ways of life stands in sharp contrast to the failed modern synthesis.’

Timothy W. Burns
12.03.2025
Is Culture Conservative? — Part II
CULTURE & SOCIETY PHILOSOPHY

Is Culture Conservative? — Part II

‘Without culture, Eliot argues, there is no point at all in being human, and it is culture that justifies the content of our existence on Earth for the generations that follow us. “Culture may even be described simply as that which makes life worth living. And it is what justifies other peoples and other generations in saying…that it was worth while for that civilisation to have existed.”’

Zoltán Pető
24.02.2025
What Two Kingdoms Doctrine Can Teach Us about Home: Joining Audrey Unverferth and Rod Dreher’s Conversation
OPINION PHILOSOPHY

What Two Kingdoms Doctrine Can Teach Us about Home: Joining Audrey Unverferth and Rod Dreher’s Conversation

‘Whether through Scripture, the teachings of the Church, or life experience, Christians learn that no relationship or physical place makes them truly at home. For Christians, it has always been challenging to find the right balance between our hope in Jesus Christ and His coming kingdom and our vocations as citizens, spouses…In their articles in The European Conservative, Audrey Unverferth and Rod Dreher highlight important points about family, community and home.’

Michael N. Jacobs
23.02.2025
America First and the End of the ‘End of History’
PHILOSOPHY POLITICS

America First and the End of the ‘End of History’

‘According to the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the year of the snake, which symbolizes change and transformation. It thus may not be a coincidence that Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to bring about drastic changes in Washington, commenced his second term as President of the United States in this epochal year.’

Matthew Pheneger
22.02.2025
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