The shadow of Solzhenitsyn, who is well known or even a star in the West, still hides the oeuvre of Varlam Shalamov, the representative of Gulag literature overgrowing him. The importance of him can be compared of Gogol, Platonov and Bely. Shalamov, until the end of his life, insisted on the ethos of the Trotskyist opposition of the 1920s and the revolutionary message of the Russian intelligentsia on the "unity of words and act" – not matching anti-Stalinism with anti-Soviet theories.
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Marx in the Cinema
Analysing social developments from a Marxists point of view is traditional in this journal, while this approach is mentioned in other circles mostly with a negative context, if it is mentioned at all. To hear about Marxism inspired art, for instance films, or about analyses and debates about the link between Marxism and films, we have to go back in time or far away, leaving the Continent arriving in the Preston University, US – from where the author reports.
Talking Photos of Károly Hemző
Who Cares about Józsi the Beggar? (To the Dilemma of the Less Worst and the First Best) Methodological Contemplation on Principles and Compromises
Some humanists intend to protect humans by giving the ones in need aid. Some other humanists intend to protect humans by giving the ones in need exactly no aid.
US Neoconservatives and the Securitization of Islam
After the several decade long activism of US neoconservatives, approaching issues as security control problems became a standard element in politics. By reinterpreting the concept of security, security control has spread into areas, where problems cannot be solved by this approach. Its most severe symptom was the 2003 invasion in Iraq and the launch of the ‘war on terror’. These clearly show the threat of uncontrolled security control and the business and political interests behind.