What makes the oeuvre of the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century still relevant today? The answere lies in the connection of the outstanding genius and the social commitment.

The man who inflicted the most serious defeats on the empire of Hitler is the least known figure among the most prominent and victorious military leaders, both in the West and in Hungary, too. This article tries to give a (more) authentic portrait of the marshal – the commander, politician and human being, whose figure, similarly to that of Suvorov, has been transformed into a national hero in the eyes of the Russian people.

This short essay sheds light upon some lines Attila József's poetry connected to the workers' movement that have been misunderstood or misinterpreted.

Rationalisation penetrating into the spheres of social existence is detached from the human being, it determines his will and vision of future, it turns subjectivity into objectivity. However, it is a precondition of the humanization of everyday life that the critical approach throws light upon the power structuers behind this rationalization, the ideologies resulting from them and its laws. In this way the struggle between ideologies offers the possibility of reclaiming action and responsibility in the future.

The author describes in detail the ecological limits to today's capitalism and defends a position which would put the harmonious co-existence of human beings and nature in the place of the profit-oriented dualism of production and consumption. The claim arising from this logically is that we need to revise radically the interpretation of our concept of "good life", today connected to the level of consumption.