"… the world is today full of people inventing histories and lying about history and that's largely because the people who do this are not actually interested in the past. What they are interested in is something which will make the punters feel good" – said the renowned British Marxist historian in the interview of The Observer upon the publication of his memoirs.

The withering sovereignity of the nation state, the strenghtening legal pluralism and the blending of laws is unusual in Western industrial countries, however it is quite familiar to the one-time colonies.

Ideas on the excercise of social interests and rights in the environment of today's global capitalism.

Is the legacy  of Attila József alive and what ideas are generated by his surviving spirit? What is the relationship between his poetry and teh public sentiment of our times? Does his belonging to the socialist left send powerful messages to the generation of the 21st century?