Civilisational Decline and Its Discontents
It becomes difficult to distinguish civilisation from savagery when elements of both lie intermingled in our midst.
It becomes difficult to distinguish civilisation from savagery when elements of both lie intermingled in our midst.
“The Mystery of Romania: By its history faithful to Rome, by religion faithful to Byzantium; by its language tied to the West and by its customs to the East.”
Deserting Israel means abandoning our own democratic values and siding with barbarism against civilisation.
“If we do not destroy Hamas, these savages will storm the streets of London, Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid.”
The United States and EU have left the Middle East’s only democracy isolated.
Whose side is Europe on in this existential war?
If we consider the origin myth of sumo, we may reflect on how the war between the celestial and earthly realms was tamed by the sport and turned into an arena structured by higher principles.
Sebastian Morello meets King’s College philosophy professor in the second episode of our documentary series, “Symposia.”
The European Conservative presents a new video series, “Symposia,” which will explore the crisis of our civilisation and what rebuilding that civilisation might look like. In the first episode, our senior editor, Sebastian Morello, travels to Scotland’s Isle of Skye to meet psychiatrist and philosopher Iain McGilchrist.
The gifts Shirley Collins has given to us by her guardianship of England’s old folk songs should also be seen as an invitation to all peoples to recover their own folk music traditions.
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