The history of the international reputation of 19th-century Hungarian painting, which is to say, its omission from the international art historical canon, is not unique among nations, but is inextricably linked to the general reception of Central European painting. This process played out relatively rapidly, as can be ascertained by
It took the collective wisdom of Europe’s great and good to create Europe’s first ponzi austerity scheme… As in Ponzi growth schemes, where more and more investments are required to maintain the pretence of growth, in the case of Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Cyprus more and more loans were
Multiculturalism is in its essence anti-European civilisation. It is basically an anti-Western ideology. Samuel Huntington If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell Since Douglas Murray’s book was published, political developments in Europe have tended to
Two Books on Europe since 1989* Living in a time warp at the periphery simply means you are a second class citizen of Europe. One sees that […] in the fish fingers in the supermarket: they look the same and have the same branding; but for the customers in Austria
The goose that lays the golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden eggs laid by somebody else’s goose. The investment bankers and their associates now enjoy that privilege. They control the people through the people’s own money.
Multiculturalism is in its essence anti-European civilisation. It is basically an anti-Western ideology. Samuel Huntington If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell Not long before the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris I happened to
“The peculiar paradox of the Reformation was its essentially ambiguous character,for it was at once a conservative religious reaction and a radically libertarian revolution.” Richard Tarnas: The Passion of the Western Mind Having been reared by an Anglican mother and a Presbyterian (Church of Scotland) father, I have always considered
I love the uneducated!Presidential Candidate Donald Trump President Donald Trump’s electoral win showed how the US public is …sick of having their views dictated to them.Liberal Democrat Miranda Green writing in the Financial Times1 Talk about humility gives occasion for pride to the proud and humility to the humble. Similarly,
The title, and indeed the first words, of this magnificent book are “Motherland and Progress” (“Haza és haladás”), which alerts readers to the fact that this is not just a dry tome for architectural specialists, but a work that places building in 19th century Hungary in its social and political
Two Decades on from Samuel P. Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Some Westerners, including President Bill Clinton, have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations1 The concept of “human rights” does
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