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Why did Hungary, a country that shared much of the religious and institutional heritage of western Europe, fail to replicate the social and political experiences of the latter in the nineteenth and early twenties centuries? The answer, the author argues, lies not with cultural idiosyncracies or historical accident, but with the internal dynamics of the modern world system that stimulated aspirations not easily realizable within the confines of backward economics in peripheral national states. The author develops his theme by examining a century of Hungarian economic, social, and political history. During the period under consideration, the country witnessed attempts to transplant liberal ins...
Móricz szívszorító regénye, az Árvácska a legkiszolgáltatottabb lelkek életéről, az anyagi, lelki és szexuális nyomorúságról mesél. A regény „modelljének”, Csibének a rövidebb történeteit pedig – mai kifejezéssel – megható és mulatságos túlélő show-ként olvashatjuk.
A kislány ellenségesen nézett körül. Igyekezett úgy nézni, mintha nem is figyelne, de kis szívében úgy érezte, mintha ellene volna minden a világon. Valami nagyon nagy rosszaságot érzett abban, hogy már megint új apához és új anyához viszik, akik neki nem apa, nem anya.
Chapters of the city's history. From the mid-19th to the early 20th century The joint work of our historians based on proven facts offers a reference reading for all those interested in the city of Arad and all our cities. In this work are presented the details of the contribution of our predecessors, a contribution that spans several centuries, to the founding and development of the city, details that have been ignored by others and that are finally put in their place. The chapters of the book tell us about the formation of Arad and the process by which it evolved from a simple settlement on the banks of the Mures to a modern European city. At the same time we get a faithful description ...
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In a sweeping reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Jose Casanova surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of modern societies. During the 1980s, religious traditions around the world, from Islamic fundamentalism to Catholic liberation theology, began making their way, often forcefully, out of the private sphere and into public life, causing the "deprivatization" of religion in contemporary life. No longer content merely to administer pastoral care to individual souls, religious institutions are challenging dominant political and social forces, raising questions about the claims of entities such as nations and markets to be "value neutral", and...