decline

Essay

The “Philosophical Zombie,” Nietzsche’s “Last Man,” and Spengler’s “Fellah”

I am prepared for the objection that this outlook is anything but positive and that the reader is probably looking for hope in a new renaissance of European civilisation rather than the harsh realisation that even a victory of Western patriotism can only have a deferring effect in the context of the decline of the West.

David Engels — 02.06.22

Interview

The Last Dregs of Christendom: An Interview with Paul Kingsnorth

“We’re in either a collapse or a massive transformation culturally in the West,” Paul Kingsnorth tells me cheerfully from his home study in Ireland. “We’re very much at the end of the last dregs of Christendom, which have been dragged out for a long time and are now basically gone. If you take a step […]

Jonathon Van Maren — 30.08.21