Support us

Become our subscriber and read any articles as you please

Support us
Support

Opinions

Dante Augusto Palma: Milei is fighting the cultural battle by defending the “ideas of freedom”.

Dante Augusto Palma is a professor of Philosophy and Doctor of Political Science, and a researcher on issues related to political philosophy, philosophy of law and philosophy of communication.

Álvaro Peñas

5 min

Oleksandr Shulga: “The West must understand that, unlike Putin, the Russians do have limits”

Our war is defensive and aims to drive out the invader and show the Russian regime and society that this war is pointless and will achieve nothing.

Álvaro Peñas

6 min

France: towards chaos?

All the polls and commentators had predicted that Marine Le Pen's National Rally would win the European elections in France with more than 31% of the vote, more than twice the score of President Macron's party, which came second with 14%.

Patrick Edery

6 min

“The West dropped its guard and was slow to recognise the emergence of a new, revanchist dictator in Russia”: An Interview with Geoffrey van Orden

Geoffrey Van Orden is a former British army brigadier-general who subsequently spent 20 years as a Member of the European Parliament.

Álvaro Peñas

5 min

Seen From Warsaw, Seen From Brussels: The Final Report

What does not understand Poland's situation are those – or they simply do not care about Poland – who think that there is no problem at all, that the European Union always acts in accordance with our interests and values, and that it is enough to implement its regulations and directives.

Zdzisław Krasnodębski

10 min

“Chechnya lives under a regime of terror where dissent is not allowed”: An interview with Marta Ter Ferrer

In Chechnya there is such absolute control that opposition is impossible. Criticising Kadyrov can result in a beating, public humiliation or even having your relatives’ house burned down.

Álvaro Peñas

5 min

Analyses

France: towards chaos?

All the polls and commentators had predicted that Marine Le Pen's National Rally would win the European elections in France with more than 31% of the vote, more than twice the score of President Macron's party, which came second with 14%.

Patrick Edery

6 min

Problem of Expertise in Nowadays Europe

One of the problems with which not only European but Western liberal democracy is struggling today is the problem of knowledge and its relation to politics.

Agnieszka Nogal

15 min

The Spirit of Europe Blows Where It Will

For over 50 years, since mid-1970s, the spirit of neoliberalism hovered over Europe.[1] Its essence was fittingly summed up by Margaret Thatcher, who observed that she knows no such thing as a society but only knows individuals.

Justyna Schulz

15 min

Do We Still Believe in Europe?

In 1750, Jean-Jacques Rousseau won the first prize in a competition organized by the Academy of Dijon, answering the question: “Has the restoration of the sciences and arts contributed to refining moral practices?”

Agnieszka Nogal

10 min

In Vino Veritas. On Blind Testing and the Culture of the Symposium

The world’s best violin is called “Opus 58” and comes from the studio of Swiss master violin maker Michael Rohnheimer.

Paweł Ćwikła

15 min

Frankfurt School and the Social Disorder

In the last half of the century, a social disorder, emerged in Western societies.

Edward Sołtys

15 min

The Essence of Things - Hesperialism

In the fifth episode of "The Essence of Things", we discuss the topic of philosophy of history and the concept of hesperialism.

Essays

On Confusion in Contemporary Art

There is perhaps no more heated dispute in culture than that concerning contemporary art.

Maciej Mazurek

15 min

'Post-Liberalism' – Reflections on the Revolution in Europe

We have now entered the stage of post-Liberalism. The European elections have seen a move to traditionalist parties in most states.

Brian Patrick Bolger

10 min

Why Beauty Matters?

The fight against Western civilization is being waged on multiple fronts, encompassing the vast domain of culture.

Jan Tarnas

10 min

Even the Poets are Killing: Fico and the New Iron Curtain

The Slovak 'Lee Harvey Oswald' was a 71 year old poet. It's what poets do these days. No waltzing around daffodils in the Lake District or smoking Opium a la Coleridge.

Brian Patrick Bolger

5 min

Why do the Germans refuse to talk about reparations?

In 1939, Germany was not planning an ordinary war. The aggression against Poland was to be a prelude to the total annihilation of the Polish nation.

Grzegorz Kucharczyk

6 min

The Goodness of Europe and the Evil of this World

A striking feature of our times is that we are confronted with two radically opposed assessments of the spiritual state of contemporary Europe.

Zdzisław Krasnodębski

12 min

What Threatens Poland’s Sovereignty? And How?

Support us

Become our subscriber and read any articles as you please

Our authors

Zdzisław
Krasnodębski

See author

David
Engels

See author

Bronisław
Wildstein

See author

Andrzej
Zybertowicz

See author

Maciej
Mazurek

See author

Álvaro
Peñas

See author

Francesco
Giubilei

See author

Justyna
Schulz

See author

Robert
Kaczmarek

See author

Antoni
Libera

See author

Ryszard
Legutko

See author

Grzegorz
Górny

See author

Janusz
Kapusta

See author

Piotr
Arak

See author

Marek
Dietl

See author