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The Impossibility of Utopia — Attila Károly Molnár: Idealists and Realists

‘If a society is exhausted in immanence, if people are not aware of the finitude of their own life, knowledge, and power, and if every goal of the person, the state, and politics is directed towards material interests, then the…

How Conservatism Can Make Democracy Work Again

Hyper-democracy is already here, it will grow stronger, and we are only starting to understand its profound effects. Some of them will be detrimental, others will open up new opportunities. This might appear overwhelming and unprecedented to some, but in…
A ship in a storm off a lighthouse by Clement Drew.

‘Keeping the Ship Afloat’: Attila Károly Molnár’s Who Would Conserve What?

The lack of humility, modesty, the lack of deference to one’s superiors, the lack of discipline and respect are the main causes of most of the political and sociological problems of modernity. After all, according to the blind believers of…
Dream of Arcadia by Thomas Cole (ca. 1838).

Utopia and the Critique of Liberal Hegemony in Thomas Molnar’s Work

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the work is that its author is brave enough to challenge completely the established thinking and vision that takes historical progress and the associated rise of liberalism for granted….
Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.

Edmund Burke on Democracy: Reflections on the ‘Best of All Possible Worlds’ — Part II

The first part of this article concerned itself with Burke’s general notions related to democracy. This part explores how he addressed the topic in his pamphlet on the French Revolution….
William of Orange III and his Dutch Army Land in Brixham, 1688 by Hoynck van Papendrecht, J.

Edmund Burke on Democracy: Reflections on the ‘Best of All Possible Worlds’ — Part I

Edmund Burke is widely revered in conservative circles. However, due to the taboos of modern politics, his views on democracy are seldom debated….

Playing God: The Disturbing Factor of In Vitro Fertilisation

‘With in vitro fertilisation, conception takes place outside the mother’s body, rendering the natural conjugal act between husband and wife in itself as alien to the institution of the family. Man and woman no longer come together as one, but…

Margit Slachta, a Christian Feminist Nun and the First Woman in the Hungarian Parliament

In contemporary Catholic social teaching, like Slachta’s reasoning, women are essentially other than men, and this otherness is articulated in the papal encyclicals in relation to women’s role in the family. In contrast, the Catholic nun’s view of the female…
Britain's Queen Camilla and Britain's King Charles III travel in the Gold State Coach, back to Buckingham Palace from Westminster Abbey in central London on May 6, 2023, after their coronations. - The set-piece coronation is the first in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised. Charles will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at the central London church since King William I in 1066. Outside the UK, he is also king of 14 other Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Camilla, his second wife, was crowned alongside him, and will now be known as Queen Camilla. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

‘The Politics of Beauty’ in Modern Times — Is There Any Connection?

‘The disappearance of the aesthetical representation of power from politics parallels the egalitarian rhetoric of the rationalists. The representatives of power often emphasise today the ‘non-existence of differences’ with their own clothing and behaviour, although anyone who is not completely…
The bust of Ottokár Prohászka near the Roman Catholic church in Budakalász.

The Continuous Progress toward God — Ottokár Prohászka and Hungarian Christian Socialism

Standing on the ground of inexorable social progress, Prohászka views social transformation positively, and even despite his harsh criticism of socialism, he acknowledges its necessity. After all, social democracy serves to achieve social progress that ‘excludes the phraseology of delusive…

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