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Volume II., No. 4.

From the Editors

THE HUNGARIAN REVIEW SEEMS TOO YOUNG

The Hungarian Review seems too young a publication to sustain losses on the battlefield, but on the eve of this, our fifth edition, we mark the passing of two staunch friends and

Central Europe / International

BOSNIA: A BALANCE SHEET

Reflections on the arrest of Ratko Mladić „A difficult period of our history is now over,” Serbian President Boris Tadić told reporters in Belgrade, as he announced the arrest of

OUTPOST IN THE DESERT

How Hungary Represents the Western World in Tripoli There is a little known aspect to the Libyan war: as the West was busy trying to bring down the Ghadafi regime,

RECLAIMING THE BEST OF THE OLD EU

Prospects for the Polish EU Presidency The EU presidency is not what it used to be but one should not give up on it altogether. Such is at least the

VISEGRÁD

Past and Future In the May edition of Hungarian Review, Janusz Bugajski wrote a sympathetic and sensible analysis on “Visegrád”, the cooperation of the four core Central European states, Poland, the

Hungary

THE UNLOVED HUNGARIAN CAPITALISM

More than just the proverbial Hungarian blues Clichés and perceptions do not change fast; it was not long ago that Hungary ceased to be seen as a most successful ‘Transition’

WHITHER THE HUNGARIAN WELFARE STATE?

The angry woman spoke in a shrill voice to the television reporters. “The country should speak out against these measures, they go against the development of society!” she cried. Then,

Essays

WILLIAM SMITH O’BRIEN’S HUNGARIAN JOURNEY

One hundred and fifty years ago, in the summer of 1861 William Smith O’Brien, one time Irish MP at Westminster spent three weeks in Hungary, recording almost every day of

ON LAW, FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE

In my interpretation “Multidisciplinary Legal Research” is an approach that is not limited by overly restrictive methodology in support of sophisticated analysis, often by syntheses. The conceptual analysis of law

STALIN’S BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

If you want to know the people around you, find out what they read.– Stalin on reading [I]t is nothing but an illusion, but its laws are dictated by life.– Stalin on performance

The Arts

PEOPLE OF THE PUSZTA – EXCERPT

CHAPTER TWELVE: The defencelessness of the girls. The morals of the puszta. The conquerors The daughter of one of our nearby neighbours committed suicide. Male farm servants who are weary

PRIMER ON POETRY AND THE POET – EXCERPTS

A Classic Hungarian Essay What is poetry? Humankind spoke in verse before it spoke in prose. When the first human opened its eyes in the cradle, which was the entire

THE PERFECT PLACE TO PLAY

NT: Please tell me first where you are setting out for in the morning. IF: There are some hard tours we do, but this is the opposite. A light summer excursion –

ROOTS AND WINGS

We should give our children roots and wings – according to Goethe – but this is exactly what my generation, the children of Socialism, did not receive. Roots were not

THE NEW SANS SOUCI

Remembrance of a Garden of Szepesség The New Sans Souci garden fell out of use some two-hundred years ago, yet its unusual history and charm, vivid in historical memory to