The art of peacemaking
Subtitle: selected political essays by István Bibó
By: István Bibó ; translated by Péter Pásztor ; edited and with an introduction by Iván Zoltán Dénes ; with a foreword by Adam Michnik
Contributors: Dénes, Iván Zoltán, editor
Series: World thought in translation
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Haven, Connecticut
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9780300203783
Subjects: Politics and government; Antisemitism; History; Political science; Philosophy; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays
Work titles: Essays
Description: "István Bibó (1911-1979) was a Hungarian lawyer, political thinker, prolific essayist, and minister of state for the Hungarian national government during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.  This magisterial compendium of Bibó's essays introduces English-speaking audiences to the writings of one of the foremost theorists and psychologists of twentieth-century European politics and culture. Elegantly translated by Péter Pásztor and with a scholarly introduction by Iván Zoltán Dénes, the essays in this volume address the causes and fallout of European political crises, postwar changes in the balance of power among countries, and nation-building processes"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-458) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Attempts to Resolve Political Hysteria / by Iván Zoltán Dénes; title: On the Balance of Power and Peace in Europe; title: The Miseries of East European Small States; title: The Peace and Hungarian Democracy; title: The Warped Hungarian Self : A History of Impasse; title: The Jewish Predicament in Post-1944 Hungary; title: 1956 Declaration; title: The Meaning of European Social Development.