Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1976 (4. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1976 / 12. szám
HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER BOOKS András, Emmerich. THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SO-CALLED “POPULAR MOVEMENT” IN HUNGARY(1920-1956). Ungarisches Kirchensoziologisches Institut, A-1140 Wien, Linzerstrasse 263/18. 1974. 251 pages. $3 paper. This sociological study of the populist (népi) movement is based on the author’s doctoral dissertation, published first in English (1974), then in German (1976). While trying to document and reason the role of writers and poets as leaders in social change, the author presents a social historical background to a thorough treatment of the post World War I era, when a group of young activists together with populist writers began gathering facts on social and economic injustice in rural Hungary. They demanded answers to fundamental wrongs and by the mid-thirties their efforts formalized in social and political movements. Writers, poets, and young “village researchers" produced empirical data supporting their advocacy, data which the embryonic Hungarian sociological profession did not possess. Inspired by pure idealism, they unveiled the miseries of peasant life, a deed for which they could hope to gain no economic benefits for themselves. On the contrary, they drew the anger of the establishment which punished some of them severely. The political dimension of these efforts found expression in the foundation of the National Peasant Party in 1939, but other members of the movement were elected to Parliament through other parties, even under the banner of the ruling party. After World War II the National Peasant Party was dissolved, but the populist ideas lived on in literature and their representatives were in the forefront of the 1956 uprising. Today, populism represents an intellectual movement which favors socialism without Marxism. The author is Director of the Hungarian Institute for Sociology of Religion in Vienna, Austria. Érdy Miklós. THE SUMERIAN, URALIC-ALTAIC, MAGYAR RELATIONSHIP: A HISTORY OF RESEARCH. Part I: The 19th Century. (A bilingual edition.) Gilgamesh Publishing Company, 6050 Blvd. East #20A, West New York, NJ 07093. 1974. Volume 3 in Studia Sumiro-Hungarica. 530 pages. $11.90 cloth. The potential interface of Sumerian and Hungarian cultures has fired the imagination of many a scholar for the past 120 years. (See HSN no. 11 for a summary by Fodor.) In spite of the proliferation of research and writing about Sumerian-Ural-Altaic relationships, no comprehensive survey has encompassed all existing writings. Meanwhile, the early, frequently unpublished writings filed away in private (Continued on page 2) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS 14 PROJECTS The National Science Foundation under its Program of Scientific Cooperation with Hungary (for detailed description see HSN no. 3), announced 14 projects which were activated in fiscal year 1976. The total expenditure of the program for the past four years was $719,330. The following projects were funded in 1976 (eleven continuations and three new awards): (1) Molecular structure studies: J.E. Boggs, U. of Texas, Austin, and I. Hargittal, Center for Studies on Chemical Structures, Budapest. (2) Decision-making under uncertainty in hydrologic and other resource systems: L. Duckstein, U. of Arizona, and I. Bogárdi, Water Resources Center, Budapest. (3) Biophysics and biochemistry of microorganisms: N. Grecz, Illinois Inst, of Technology, and J. Farkas, Central Food Research Inst., Budapest. (4) Normapolles plant microfossil assemblages: E.A. Stanley, U. of Georgia, and M. Kedves, U. of Szeged. (5) Ion implantation in semiconductors: J.W. Mayer, California Inst, of Technology, and J. Gyulai, Central Research Inst, for Physics, Budapest. (6) Processes taking place in cement hydration: D.M. Roy, Pennsylvania State U„ and F.D. Tamás, U. of Chemical Engineering, Veszprém. (7) Removal of heavy metals from fresh waters: J.E. Johnson and R.P. Tengerdy, Colorado State U., and J. Holló and J. Tóth, U. of Technical Sciences, Budapest. (8) Mycotoxins: toxins from fusarium and stachybotrys: C.J. Mirocha, U. of Minnesota, and M. Palyusik, Veterinary Medical Research Inst., Budapest. (9) Condensed phase isotope effects: A. Van Hook, U. of Tennessee, and G. Jancsó, Central Research Inst, for Physics, Budapest. (10) Uterine bioenergetics: A.I. Csapó, Washington U., School of Medicine, St. Louis, and A.G.B. Kovach, Semmelweis U. of Medicine. (11) Man-machine synergy: A. van Dam, Brown U., and J. Hatvany, Computer and Automation Inst., Budapest. (12) Dynamic behavior of magnetic bubble domains and domain walls: F.B. Humphrey, California Inst, of Technology, and G. Zimmer, Central Research Inst, for Physics, Budapest. (13) Monodisperse colloids: A.C. Zettlemoyer, Lehigh U., and E. Wolfram, Eötvös U. (14) Mossbauer spectroscopy of passive films: H. Leidheiser, Lehigh U., and A. Vertes, Eötvös U. For information on support write to Robert F. Hull, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC 20550.
