At our next Transylvania Lectures event we will explore the roots and characteristics of utopian thinking, contrasting it with realistic thought. Our guest speaker will be Dr Jan Bentz, Lecturer and Tutor at Blackfriars Studium (Blackfriars Hall) in Oxford.

Utopia, rooted in monism, aims for a perfected society, while rejecting the present state. This rejection is tied to a gnostic reinterpretation of being. The lecture examines theological elements and its influence on utopian thought. Aim is to delve into the philosophical and theological motivations, implications, and the rejection of the current state of being in utopian thinking and how to detect it.

Dr Jan Bentz’s past employment included an adjunct professorship at the Catholic University of America’s Rome Center, a visiting professorship at Christendom College’s Rome Program, and teaching for IES Study Abroad in Rome. Prof. Bentz regularly contributes to The European Conservative and has worked as a video producer and Vatican analyst in the past. His fields of expertise include Metaphysics, History of Philosophy, Thomism, and Philosophy of Art focusing on Christian Sacred Art. His current philosophical research focus is philosophy of being, 17th and 18th century German idealism, Thomism, Utopia, and Transhumanism. He most recently edited a dedicatory book on Thomas Molnar.

Moderator: Máté Sükösd, MCC alumnus.

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