Table of contents

1. Mészáros István : Social structure and forms of consciousness
2. Slavoj Žižek : A permanent economic emergency
3. Minqi Li : Capitalism, climate change and the transition to sustainability – Alternative scenarios for the US, China and the world
4. Szigeti Péter : The character of new capitalism in Hungary and its role in the world system
5. Krausz Tamás : Theses on the interpretation of the system-change
6. Agárdi Péter : Cultural trends and civilisation concepts at the turn of the decade
7. Viktor G. Arszlanov : For reinterpreting Master and Margarita – Aristophanes-style festivity
8. Tütő László : Does a child killer protect the environment?
9. Varga Zsuzsa : From where to where have we arrived?
10. Fábry Ádám : Political economy without “classes”
11. Krausz Tamás : 2.000 words about soccer. Global capitalism and football – in four headings
12. Gerald Hödl : Football and globalisation
13. Rákóczi István : The walk of life of Vitorino Magalhães Godinho
14. Immanuel Wallerstein : Discovering the world economy
15. Magalhães Godinho Vitorino : From past to present – and what will happen tomorrow?

The crisis of the old-fashioned left in Europe is well known and discussed in broad public. On the other hand, less is told about the challenges facing the traditional left in former colonies. The study addresses the case in Kerala in South India, searching answers why indigenism gains ground on the account of class based political thinking among adivasis – outcasts of the caste system – and why they became disappointed by the paternalist ideology of the communist party? The study also shows that the self-organization of adivasis does not exclude the cooperation with the traditional left.

The author of the The God of Small Things presents lively her illegal visit to the Maoist rebels in the forests of Chhattisgarth, centre India. Naxalits – whom the Indian government found its greatest security threat – in fact are fighting for protecting the tribes that lost their traditional life form and dignity and against industrial and mining companies that want to expel them and against central authorities supporting these firms.

Arundhati Roy: Walking With The Comrades Gandhians with a Gun?  Outlook [India], March 29, 2010. http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?264738.

On the book of Béla Galló: Az újkapitalizmus régi világa [The Old World of the New Capitalism] Napvilág, Budapest 2010

On the book of Zsuzsa Ferge: Társadalmi áramlatok és egyéni szerepek [Social Currents and Personal Roles] Napvilág, Budapest 2010