Eurozine Review The better secularism

The better secularism

The Hungarian Quarterly finds self-interest at work in US policy on Hungary; Osteuropa says home is not where Jobbik is; Transit seeks the better secularism; Blätter considers Obama's worst-case climate scenario; Varlik enrols at the Nazim Hikmet University; Akadeemia reads Wittgenstein and Heisenberg; Merkur sees in theatre proof of Germans' cultural citizenship; and Studija welcomes the new simplicity in contemporary Latvian painting.

The Hungarian Quarterly 198 (2010)

In The Hungarian Quarterly, László Borhi offers new perspectives on US-Hungarian relations between 1942 and 1989. US diplomatic documents show that "between 1941 and 1989 Hungary was at the mercy of the Great Powers and their struggle for hegemony in Europe." While Hungary had a say on minor issues of national interest, "national independence or sovereignty was clearly not in Hungary's gift," writes Borhi. He urges that the foreign policy decisions of Hungary's hand-tied politicians must hence be judged with due moderation.

2010-08-03T00:00:00
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