2000
Eurozine
2000
2011-05-31
Abstracts for 2000 5/2011
Balázs Trencsényi
Total or plural nation concept?
Some remarks on Béla Bíró's article ("The thought is not thought over", 2000 4/2011). Though Bíró's historical references are false, the problems posed are relevant. Without a better understanding of the Hungarian national ideology and identity discourse the dual citizenship as the central topic of the symbolic politics will lead to self-victimizing historical constructions. Reviewing the dilemmas of the dual citizenship, the Hungarian historian concludes that a new nation concept is needed, making the plural identity actual and natural.
Mihály Szilágyi-Gál
The dichotomy of the majority -- an answer to Béla Bíró
The current political foundation of the dual citizenship is solicitous because it is merely symbolic. Secondly, symbolic help is not the most useful to offer Hungarian minorities. On the other hand, the abandonment of public professional and diplomatic debate has created serious political problems. In addition, a decision is free only if the decision-maker knows the alternatives and is aware of the consequences of the decisions.
Aleida Assmann
Here I am, where are you?
The Internet has abolished loneliness, or rather got rid of its negative effects to a hitherto unimagined degree, writes Aleida Assmann. Borders between sociability and loneliness are shifting and the pressure of social conformity lessens as computer nerds turn into savvy heroes.
Freeman Dyson
How we know
A brief history of information theory and the development of database systems. Dyson reviews James Gleick's book (The Information: a History , a Theory, a Flood), emphasizing the significance of Claude Shannon's achievements and giving an outlook on the future prospects of the theory. First published in New York Review of Books, March 10, 2011.
András Beck
Nihil and Csömör
The Hungarian aesthete analyses the poetic similarities and parallels between Frigyes Karinthy's Nihil and Mihály Babits' unpublished poem, Csömör (Disgust). Both poems express a certain kind of anti-lyre or anti-art, standing up for exceeding the lyrical self-expression. Babits' critics on Karinthy shows that he recognizes their intellectual affinity.
Erika Csontos
E-mail
Addition to the GM-debate -- Vilmos Csányi's factual mistakes.
Vilmos Csányi
E-mail
Remark on the GM-debate. Csontos' argument is an argumentum ad hominem.