“Which kind of age are we living in today in what is called the post-Cold War world or even the post-post-Cold War world (the former having ended with the 2008 financial crash)? It is not all that odd that we now date our ages from 1989 rather than Anno Domini.
Yoram Hazony’s book1 has found many sympathetic readers – myself among them – and has been deservedly praised by reviewers. I have a personal reason to think highly of the book. Over the last decades, we have been living in Europe in the grips of a political orthodoxy that brooks
I am returning to my country richer – not in a material sense, but intellectually – than when I left. And I think it would not have been possible without your help.” The quote is from a book of interviews published last year in France, on the Congrès pour la
Roselyne Chenu Talks to Nicolas Stenger about the Congress for Cultural Freedom in Eastern Europe* Nicolas Stenger: How were you assigned to the so-called “Eastern” European programme? Roselyne Chenu: In 1965–1966, [Michael] Josselson asked Jeleński1 to take the lead of the programme of seminars within the Congress, a task he
Those whose consciences would not permit them to comply with the shrivelling of Christianity were forced to keep that witness and fellowship alive outside the purview and protection of the church–state settlement. And this is indeed what occurred in the 1960s and 1970s – vital church life, where it existed,
“There were rumours in town that the pro-Nazi and rabidly anti-Semitic State Secretary László Baky was planning a coup to remove the Regent and to continue the deportations. Koszorús, having received an order from Horthy, entered Budapest with his troops and sent a courier to Baky threatening him with military
IN SEARCH OF AN AMERICA* Part I Born in Hungary before the Second World War, Gabor Bethlenfalvay spends his early childhood under privileged circumstances. In December 1944, days before the Red Army overruns his hometown, the ten-year-old Gabor and his family flee west through war-torn lands to end up as
Why do so many middle-class Hungarians – even those who are known for their pride in a kingdom a thousand years old – leave for another continent, struggle to learn another language, and adjust to living in a very different culture? Each of my family members had his or her
DYNASTIC RELATIONSHIPS A brief review of the medieval European dynasties clearly shows that the ruling houses were aware of one another; they sought to make contact with one another, and in the network of relationships that was thus established, the Hungarian House of Árpád occupied a very respectable position. Besides
An art exhibition of national importance, Impressions of Pál Szinyei Merse (1845–1920), opened on 17 May in Kaposvár, the seat of Somogy County, Western Hungary. The city is increasingly well-known for its cultural life, art college, theatre and music scene. This is principally due to the cultural significance of the
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