''Eszmélet'' (''Consciousness'') is a Hungarian quarterly

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for social critique and culture. Each issue contains essays on current theory, history, an exchange of topics, as well as one or two book reviews.

History

The magazine was founded in the summer of 1956 Aurél Bernáth,

Tibor Déry Tibor Déry (18 October 1894 in Budapest – 18 August 1977 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer and poet. He also wrote under the names Tibor Dániel and Pál Verdes. György Lukács praised Dery as being "the greatest depicter of human b ...

Gyula Illyés Gyula Illyés born ''Gyula Illés'' (2 November 1902 – 15 April 1983) was a Hungarian poet and novelist. He was one of the so-called ''népi'' ("from the people") writers, named so because they aimed to show – propelled by strong so ...

, Zoltán Kodály, and

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, and István Mészáros – a disciple of Lukács - was asked to be acting editor. However, because of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, only two "emigrant" editions were published in London, in 1958. "Eszmélet" is the title of a poem by

Attila József Attila József (; 11 April 1905 – 3 December 1937) was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hungary's great ...

, the famous Hungarian poet. The journal reappeared in 1989, this time in Hungary. Since 1993

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was

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, since 2009 also

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for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. The journal's articles show a radical and consistent criticism of

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. It aims to represent social solidarity, individual freedom and human dignity. In the past two decades, various organizations were formed around the journal (Friends of Eszmélet, Open University of Eszmélet). Their events are open to anyone. The twentieth anniversary of the journal's foundation was celebrated in

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with an issue in Russian.

Editorial Board

Eszter Bartha, Péter Bózsó, Ádám Fülöp, Gábor Kállai R., Matthias I. Köhler,

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(chairperson), Győző Lugosi (executive director), Zoltán Matheika, Éva Nagy, Klára Szarka, Péter Szigeti

Eszmélet Publishing House

* Tamás Krausz - Péter Szigeti: Államszocializmus. Értelmezések - viták - tanulságok tate Socialism: Interpretations, Debates, Conclusions(2007.) * Eric J. Hobsbawm: Mozgalmas évek. Egy huszadik századi életút nteresting Times: A Twentieth-century Life (Lives of the Left)(2008.) * István Mészáros: A tőkén túl - Közelítések az átmenet elméletéhez I.rész Az ellenőrizhetetlenség árnya eyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition Vol 1.(2008.) * Eric J. Hobsbawm: Hétköznapi hősök. Ellenállók, lázadók és a dzsessz ncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion, and Jazz(2009.) * István Mészáros: A tőkén túl - Közelítések az átmenet elméletéhez - II. rész: A szocialista kritika történelmi öröksége eyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition Vol 2.(2009.) * István Mészáros: A tőkén túl. Közelítések az átmenet elméletéhez. III. rész A tőkerendszer strukturális válsága eyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition Vol 3.(2010.) * István Mészáros: A tőkén túl. Közelítések az átmenet elméletéhez. IV. rész. A tárgyalt témákhoz kapcsolódó tanulmányok eyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition Vol 4.(2010.) * Tamás Krausz: Lukács György és a szocialista alternatíva. Tanulmányok és dokumentumok. yörgy Lukács and the Socialist Alternative. Studies and Documents.(2010.) * Immanuel Wallerstein: Bevezetés a világrendszer-elméletbe orld-Systems Analysis: An Introduction(2010.) * Göran Therborn: A marxizmustól a posztmarxizmus felé? rom Marxism to Post-Marxism?(2010.) * József Pankovits: Az olasz baloldal. Antonio Gramscitól a Demokratikus Pártig talian Left from Antonio Gramsci to the Democratic Party(2010.) 1989 establishments in Hungary Magazines established in 1989 Hungarian-language magazines News magazines published in Hungary Quarterly magazines {{news-mag-stub