It is understandable if someone dos what causes her pleasure. Nevertheless, our pleasures and gratifications, on a shorter or longer term, might threaten our existence. This analysis tries to examine this conflict from many angles.

On the books of Erzsébet Szalai: Globális válság, magyar válság, alternatívák [Global Crisis, Hungarian Crisis, Alternatives]; Zsuzsa Ferge: Vágányok és vakvágányok a társadalompolitikában [Tracks and Sidetracks in Social Policy]; János Ladányi: Leselejtezettek. A kirekesztett népesség társadalom- és térszerkezeti elhelyezkedésének átalakulása Magyarországon a piacgazdasági átmenet időszakában [On the Waste Heap. The Social and Geographical Transformation of the Outcast Society During Market Transition]. All published by L'Harmattan Kiadó, Budapest 2012.

The author, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, reacts to the study of Tamás Krausz published as a supplement of the previous issue of our journal on the links between Hungarian historiography and Marxism. The author considers Krausz not understanding or misinterpreting his writings thus 'at the moment' rejects the possibility of a serious debate.