Erik Dahlberg was a military engineer of Stormaktstiden, the Swedish “Era of Great Power.” But despite his exploits, including the daring march across the frozen Sound to take Copenhagen in 1658, he never wrote for The European Conservative. The Dahlberg you have just read is in fact a Cambridge student expressing political opinions from the safety of his nom de guerre.
Helping One’s ‘Self’: The Great Controversy of Cutlery

Helping One’s ‘Self’: The Great Controversy of Cutlery

It is man’s nature to make art of nature.

December 8, 2024
Mental Health: A Diagnosis

Mental Health: A Diagnosis

The problem with ‘mental health’ is that it evaluates thought as though it were a world purely of inner sensations.

December 1, 2024
Why I Don’t Have Any Values

Why I Don’t Have Any Values

My irritation, for which this article is the self-medicated balm, lies not with particular values, but with the ‘having of values’ as such.

March 3, 2024
The Evangelical Church Needs Cultural Christianity

The Evangelical Church Needs Cultural Christianity

Cultural conservatism—especially the traditional view on familial piety—is a condition of the Gospel’s intelligibility.

December 27, 2023
The Metaphysics of <em>Laissez Faire</em>: Christianity and Pluralism

The Metaphysics of <em>Laissez Faire</em>: Christianity and Pluralism

Liberalism inherited a Christian psychology but, having jettisoned the Rock of Ages, built its political theory upon the sand.

October 9, 2023