Who are contemporary Hungarians and what is their self-image in Central Europe? What were the reasons for Budapest’s great development at the turn of the 19th and 20th century? What is Hungarians’ idea of Poles? What does the Danube mean to them? What links Széll Kálmán Square in Budapest with Elvis Presley, Mao Zedong, and the Kremlin?
These questions will be addressed by the contributors to the 26th issue of “Herito” magazine dedicated to Hungary. In this issue László F. Földényi, Éva Forgács, László Németh, and Csaba G. Kiss examine Hungarian dilemmas, Rafał Wiśniewski discusses the phenomenon of Budapest circa 1900, Adam Balcer, Balázs Ablonczy, and Krzysztof Wołosiuk write about the Hungarian fascination with the East, while Robert Nemes explores Hungarian provinces – those of the past and the present.
Content
Editorial
Worth a Look
László F. Földényi – A Breath of Fresh Air
Miklós György Száraz – The Danube
Budapest 1900: A Century Later. Ambassador Rafał Wiśniewski in conversation with Łukasz Galusek
Daniel Warmuz – From Moscow with Love
László Németh – The West and Byzantium
László Németh – Most, Punte, Silta
Csaba G. Kiss – László Németh: Our Expert on Central Europe
Adam Balcer – Between Turan and Istanbul
A Lost Bond: Turanism and the Hungarian Fascination with the East. Balázs Ablonczy in conversation with Krzysztof Wołosiuk
Éva Forgács – National Modern Art in Early 20th-Century Hungary
Robert Nemes – Another Hungary
Worth a Thought – Wojciech Szymański, Robert Kusek, Anna Ratecka, Wojciech Wilczyk, Łukasz Galusek
Gyula Krúdy – The Polish Knight