Rekonstrukcija. Dešinioji politinė mintis tarp tradicijos ir šiandienos

Reconstruction: Right of Centre Political Thought between Tradition and Today. The Institute’s second book collects essays by a young generation of scholars, written and published between 2015 and 2024. They explore moderate conservatism, the relevance of classical philosophy and the key political and moral ideas, in dialogue and debate with the authors and ideas they discuss.

“The collection adds philosophical reflection to everyday political debate, something rarely found in Lithuania. Its younger authors try to find new perspectives on reality. It is hard to find anything similar in Lithuanian intellectual life today.” Prof. Alvydas Jokubaitis

“The essays share a similar temperament of political thought, if one may put it that way. On the one hand, they draw on or try to rehabilitate classical ideas of political thought that are often under attack today: personal freedom, the objectivity of morality, the political community, moderation. On the other, they share a leaning towards reflective, nuanced, subtle and complex thinking that avoids simplified answers and ideological certainties.” Assoc. Prof. Mantas Adomėnas

Cover photo by Gabrielė Stankūnaitė.