Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1985 (13. évfolyam, 43-46. szám)

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works of the Antitrinitarian tradition, especially those of the 16th and 17th centuries. The head of the foundation is Prof. Jan van Goudoever.

The history of this venture goes back to 1979 when at the International Colloquium on Antitrinitarianism in Hungary the need was expressed for sources to facilitate research. Antitrinitarianism represents an intriguing and interesting chapterin European history and religion. It also throws a new and surprising light on hitherto neglected aspect of the Renaissance and the Radical Reformation. Easy access to the primary sources as these are now going to be published will undoubtedly stimulate new scholarship on the subject.

The first volume in the series, the DEFENSIO FRANCISCI DAVIDIS; In Negotio de Non Invocando Jesu Christi in Precibus, was first published at Cracow in 1582, is already in print as of 1984. Edited by Robert Da'n with an introduction by Mihály Balázs, this facsimile edition is being distributed by De Graaf Publishers, P.O. Box6, NL-2420AA Nieuwkoop, The Netherlands, xvi + 408 pages. Dutch f 75.00 cloth.

The second volume, DE FALSA ET VERA Unius Dei Patris, Filii et Spiritus Sancti Cognitione Libri Duo, was originally published at Albae Juliae (Karlsburg) in 1568. A facsimile edited by Antal Pirnát is scheduled to appear at Utrecht in early 1985. It contains the joint theological program of the Polish and Transylvanian Antitrinitarians, i.e., the classic writings of freethinkers of that age. The selection of papers for inclusion was made by Giorgio Blandrata and Ferenc Dávid.

The third volume, REFUTATIO SCRIPTI PETRI CAROLI,

which was first published at Cracow in 1582 will have an introduction by D. Philippi. It is considered as one of the outstanding antitrinitarian publications, containing all scholarly arguments against the Trinity by a religious freethinker with a strong philosophical background.

Biskup, Manfred, Vassilis Filias, and Iván Vitányi, eds. THE FAMILY AND ITS CULTURE; An Investigation in Seven East and West European Countries. Budapest: Akadémiai, 1984. xvi + 496 pages, diagrams, tables, maps. $45.00 cloth. Prepared forthe European Coordination Center for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences.

This volume is an attempt to analyze and generalize the results of an interdisciplinary and international research project: Directions and Tendencies of Cultural Development in Modern Society - Interaction of National Cultures under the auspices of the Coordination Center. (The Vienna Centre.) Research teams from France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union studied families to better understand their role in the socialization process of their children. Each team analyzed data relevant to its own society, providing a composite picture of contrasts between nationality groups. Lack of agreement among the researchers as to the nature of basic concepts, such as ‘culture’, make a comprehensive evaluation rather difficult. E.g., while the traditional concept of‘culture’ refers toan individual orgroup concept of refinement in fine arts and the humanities, the anthropological concept of ‘culture’ consists of references to customs, ideas, and attitudes that guide the behavior of distinct groups. The paper on Constancy and Change; Historically Developed Samples within the Living Culture of the Different Types of Families in Hungary (pages 155-210) was written by Iván Vitányi, Márta Lipp, and Mária Sági and is divided into five parts, a summary, conclusions, and bibliography. Its dominant theme is “the actual role of the family in

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the whole of the cultural functioning of society.”

Vitányi is prof, of sociology, Eötvös L.U. and directorof the Institute of Culture, Budapest; Lipp is a sociologist and researcher at the same institute; and Sági is a psychologist and researcher also at the same institute.

Compton, Paul A. and Márton Pécsi eds., ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; British and Hungarian Case Studies. Budapest: Akadémiai, 1984. 264 pages, tables, diagrams, biblio. $27.00 cloth. Studies in Geography in Hungary, no. 16 published by the Research Institute of Geography, HAS.

The survival of mankind depends greatly on adequate food production and population control. Thus, there is no doubt that the issue of environmental management is of considerable import and urgency. Among the scientists and engineers concerned with these problems, Hungarian and British geographers can point to noteworthy inroads they have made in the field. Among various efforts, they have focused on the issue in the British-Hungarian Geographical Seminar held at the School of Environmental Sciences at the U. of East Anglia, Norwich, during September 16-25, 1982. the fifteen essays, which comprise the volume, are edited transcripts of the papers presented in the seminar. Though Hungary and Great Britain are fundamentally different countries in many respects, the participants of the seminar found that their relevant frames of references and their scientific consideration of the issue involved were quite similar. “Differences in outlook that did emerge were largely ones of emphasis and not of principle. A volume such as this cannot, however, present a comprehensive view of environmental management” in two countries. The volume presents what is hoped to be a representative sample of the type of research that is currently undertaken by geographers in the two countries. The objective here is the presentation of the comparative positions in Great Britain and Hungary through a series of case studies. The volume should be of considerable interest to social scientists in general and to geographers in particular, as well as to Hungarianists.

Compton is on the faculty of the Queen’s U. of Belfast, and Pécsi is on the staff of the Research Institute of Geography, HAS.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY, ed. by Leonard S. Klein. Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 250 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003. Vol. 1 (1981) 726 pages; vol. 2 (1982) 630 pages; vol. 3 (1983) 619 pages; vol. 4 (1984) 726 pages. Volumes 1 to 3 $100.00 per volume; volume 4 $130.00. Index: $35.00.

This is the second heavily revised edition of the encyclopedia, which covers the major world literatures in articles up to 14,000 words. Volume 4 consists of articles written by 750 scholars and specialists. The encyclopedia contains a good measure of Hungarian material. In addition to a full-length article on modern Hungarian literature and separate articles on Hungarian writing in Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia, there are 25 entries on individual Hungarian authors. The survey articles were contributed by Ann Demaitre, and the authors of entries on individual Hungarian writers include Tamás Aczél, Dalma H. Brunauer, Clara Györgyey, Valerie Korek, Imre Kovács, Tibor Meray, and Ivan Sanders. The editorial advisor on Hungarian literature was Tamás Aczél.

The above was adapted from a communication with I. Sanders (Suffolk County Community College), who is a

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