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Communist Geography Instead of Nationalist Geography: The New Cadres and the Case of Sándor Radó

Győri, Róbert (2015) Communist Geography Instead of Nationalist Geography: The New Cadres and the Case of Sándor Radó. HUNGARIAN CULTURAL STUDIES, 8. pp. 124-126. ISSN 2471-965X

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Abstract

This article provides an introduction to the scholarly career of Sándor Radó (1899-1981), one of the leading Hungarian geographers and cartographers of the 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to a generation of newcomers who took control of every aspect of Hungarian scholarly life in the 1950s after the ousting of the old elite, Radó’s scholarly path was not unique. The complete transformation of Hungarian geography was deeply embedded within this broader process, as its nature, approaches, conduct, and institutional organization was rearranged along Marxist-Leninist ideological lines. A critical examination of Radó’s career and his scientific work, therefore, helps us to understand how Hungarian science functioned during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and provides insight into the practice of career and institution building, and thus reveals the atmosphere within which scientific results were achieved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sándor Radó, Stalinization of Hungarian Geography, Communist Cadres, Scientific Life in Communist Hungary
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography / gazdasági-társadalmi földrajz
Depositing User: Dr. Róbert Győri
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2016 18:21
Last Modified: 04 Apr 2023 11:46
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/41044

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