Cristian Réka Mónika, Kérchy Anna (eds)

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II

Decades of Emigration and International Career: From 1978 to the 1990s

Once aboard, Heller’s philosophical-political views took an increasingly radical turn away from Marxism, in a direction best described as postmodern. Her thought was more and more influenced by Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, but she remained in constant debate with and inspired by Karl Marx’s philosophy. While she came to dismiss such Marxian notions as the progress of history, she continued to employ and reinterpret the Marxist tenets of human need in her own theoretical investigations. To her dismay, the days of the Budapest School waned, with the last book co-authored by members of the group, Dictatorship Over Needs, clearly showcasing three thinkers on divergent paths. The book became a huge success owing to the novelty of offering an insider’s perspective on totalitarian, Soviet-type régimes based on first-hand personal experience.

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2023

ISBN: 978 963 454 927 7

Művelődéstörténet Idegen nyelvű

In this sequel to the first volume of Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education published in 2022, editors Réka M. Cristian and Anna Kérchy present the portraits of twenty-two prominent Hungarian women scholars, scientists and educators who made pioneering contributions to Hungary’s scientific achievement over the centuries. Some of the women introduced in the sixteen chapters come from traditional disciplines such as pharmacy, medicine, historiography, engineering, mathematics, archeology, psychology, and philosophy, while others furthered on fields not necessarily viewed, especially at the time, as science or scholarship proper, but which are nonetheless deeply intellectual, such as physical, special needs, reform, or music education, feminism, and historic preservation. The book offers a bird’s eye view summary of the accomplishments reached and challenges faced by these exceptional Hungarian female academics and intellectuals.

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