"The eastern European '68ers formed the backbone of the democratic opposition. We, the '56ers, were not so carried away by the thought that we might win out, because we were familiar with the stupidities and darker sides of victory." The Hungarian writer György Konrád takes an ironic look at the '68ers. [ more ]
"Index" follows counter terrorism from the courtroom to the community; "Osteuropa" anticipates a renaissance of Jewish life in eastern Europe; "The Hungarian Quarterly" has it out with eastern European savages; "Dilema veche" goes undercover in Italy; "Host" asks who flies the flag of commitment; "Kulturos barai" deplores toothless journalism; "Akadeemia" celebrates academia; "Magyar Lettre Internationale" debates '68 East and West; and "Fronesis" reads Marx beyond Marxism.
is professor of ethical philosophy at the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Paris.
Benedict XVI's Regensburg speech in 2006 was directed less at Islam than at Protestantism, with its twofold spectres of sectarian utopia and consumer individualism. The real scandal was the way Benedict's anti-rationalism was warmly received by so many intellectuals. [English version added] [more]
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