Born and educated in Hungary, thus deeply rooted in the Central European tradition, I experienced the Iron Curtain from the ‘other’ side, and gained a series of unforgettable experiences, in particular about the social effects of good-willing but misdirected ideas, that were quite different from those of most European and North-American social theorists. I then gained a PhD in US; lived and taught for long periods in Italy; since 1998 I'm teaching in Ireland; while also spent extended time in Germany, France, and the UK. I master a number of languages: Hungarian by mother tongue, I am teaching in English for more than three decades, but also taught in Italian, and am fluent in French. I also speak Russian, and read German and Spanish. My list of publications contains over twenty books, including a series of seven books with Routledge, offering a new approach for understanding the modern condition (a trilogy about social theorists: Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Parallel Life-Works, 1998; Reflexive Historical Sociology, 2000, extending to the works of Norbert Elias, Eric Voegelin, Lewis Mumford, and Franz Borkenau; The Genesis of Modernity 2003 (all published in the Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought); a four volumes reassessing the rise and dynamics of modernity: Sociology, Religion and Grace: A Quest for the Renaissance (2007) restoring the Renaissance at the centre of understanding modernity; Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Re-birth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena (2013), arguing about the vital significance of the theatre as a cultural and social practice shaping the modern world, and valorising the impact of the Byzantine Empire on its formation; and Novels and the Sociology of the Contemporary (2016) and Permanent Liminality and Modernity: Analysing the Sacrificial Carnival through Novels (2017), two books that argue that novels offer special insights for understanding the thoroughly theatrical modern world. These conclude a seven-volume series that attempt to reconstruct the distant origins of modernity, the way modernity emerged out of the collapse of the Renaissance, much sparked by the Fall of Constantinople, and developing ways (methods) to analyse this emergence.
Over the last decade my research became increasingly oriented to Political Anthropology, as championed by the journal International Political Anthropology, founded by Bjørn Thomassen, Harald Wydra, and especially Agnes Horvath, tireless animating spirit behind the entire venture. This resulted in the two books written together with Agnes Horvath, about the Political Anthropology of walking (2018), using extensive archaeological material to explore the prehistoric walking culture and the reasons for its demise; and the Political Anthropology of the trickster (2020), using extensive mythological material to explore the connections between the anthropological trickster figure and the ethical, moral and theological idea of evil; a book written together with Bjørn Thomassen (2019), arguing that social theory should be renewed through the ideas of a series of maverick anthropologists, like Arnold van Gennep, Marcel Mauss, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Paul Radin, Gregory Bateson, Colin Turnbull, Victor Turner, and Alfred Gell, but also Gabriel Tarde, René Girard, and Johan Huizinga, like liminality, trickster, schismogenesis, imitation, gift relations, participation, and play; and my 2022 and 2023 books that explore the strange landscape of the modern world as a Trickster Land, requiring special guides, like Hermann Broch, Lewis Hyde, Roberto Calasso, Michel Serres, Sándor Márai, Colin Thubron, and Albert Camus; and offer considerations not about "methodology", which supposedly should imitate the universalistic sciences, but Political Anthropology itself as method.
This is crowned by the just completed “Encyclopaedia of Political Anthropology”, edited with Paul O'Connor, who with Marius Bența is now editing International Political Anthropology, and which containes almost 140 entries written by 90 people from over 20 countries, in 470,000 words. The 2-volume work will be published in late 2025.
Further recent achievements include the Career Research Achievement Award at UCC (October 2014); and becoming the editor of a new Book Series on Contemporary Liminality at Routledge. The series, of which Permanent Liminality and Modernity was the first volume, has published 21 further books, with two forthcoming and several others under contract.
Biography
My work focuses on social theory, historical sociology and political anthropology, in particular on historically and anthropologically oriented social theory. Its focus is to reassess the links between Europe, modernity, and the processes of globalization, which is analysed using concepts developed by anthropologists and focusing on the long-term historical conditions and effects of religious and cultural developments, situated broadly within the approach of Max Weber, but going substantially beyond by incorporating the sociology of the Renaissance, and extending to the role of cultural processes like the re-birth of theatre (opposed strongly both by the medieval Church and Platonic philosophy) in the rise of the modern world. I have a genuinely intercultural background, given that I lived and taught in a number of countries with quite different cultural traditions and political experiences.Born and educated in Hungary, thus deeply rooted in the Central European tradition, I experienced the Iron Curtain from the ‘other’ side, and gained a series of unforgettable experiences, in particular about the social effects of good-willing but misdirected ideas, that were quite different from those of most European and North-American social theorists. I then gained a PhD in US; lived and taught for long periods in Italy; since 1998 I'm teaching in Ireland; while also spent extended time in Germany, France, and the UK. I master a number of languages: Hungarian by mother tongue, I am teaching in English for more than three decades, but also taught in Italian, and am fluent in French. I also speak Russian, and read German and Spanish. My list of publications contains over twenty books, including a series of seven books with Routledge, offering a new approach for understanding the modern condition (a trilogy about social theorists: Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Parallel Life-Works, 1998; Reflexive Historical Sociology, 2000, extending to the works of Norbert Elias, Eric Voegelin, Lewis Mumford, and Franz Borkenau; The Genesis of Modernity 2003 (all published in the Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought); a four volumes reassessing the rise and dynamics of modernity: Sociology, Religion and Grace: A Quest for the Renaissance (2007) restoring the Renaissance at the centre of understanding modernity; Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Re-birth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena (2013), arguing about the vital significance of the theatre as a cultural and social practice shaping the modern world, and valorising the impact of the Byzantine Empire on its formation; and Novels and the Sociology of the Contemporary (2016) and Permanent Liminality and Modernity: Analysing the Sacrificial Carnival through Novels (2017), two books that argue that novels offer special insights for understanding the thoroughly theatrical modern world. These conclude a seven-volume series that attempt to reconstruct the distant origins of modernity, the way modernity emerged out of the collapse of the Renaissance, much sparked by the Fall of Constantinople, and developing ways (methods) to analyse this emergence.
Over the last decade my research became increasingly oriented to Political Anthropology, as championed by the journal International Political Anthropology, founded by Bjørn Thomassen, Harald Wydra, and especially Agnes Horvath, tireless animating spirit behind the entire venture. This resulted in the two books written together with Agnes Horvath, about the Political Anthropology of walking (2018), using extensive archaeological material to explore the prehistoric walking culture and the reasons for its demise; and the Political Anthropology of the trickster (2020), using extensive mythological material to explore the connections between the anthropological trickster figure and the ethical, moral and theological idea of evil; a book written together with Bjørn Thomassen (2019), arguing that social theory should be renewed through the ideas of a series of maverick anthropologists, like Arnold van Gennep, Marcel Mauss, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Paul Radin, Gregory Bateson, Colin Turnbull, Victor Turner, and Alfred Gell, but also Gabriel Tarde, René Girard, and Johan Huizinga, like liminality, trickster, schismogenesis, imitation, gift relations, participation, and play; and my 2022 and 2023 books that explore the strange landscape of the modern world as a Trickster Land, requiring special guides, like Hermann Broch, Lewis Hyde, Roberto Calasso, Michel Serres, Sándor Márai, Colin Thubron, and Albert Camus; and offer considerations not about "methodology", which supposedly should imitate the universalistic sciences, but Political Anthropology itself as method.
This is crowned by the just completed “Encyclopaedia of Political Anthropology”, edited with Paul O'Connor, who with Marius Bența is now editing International Political Anthropology, and which containes almost 140 entries written by 90 people from over 20 countries, in 470,000 words. The 2-volume work will be published in late 2025.
Further recent achievements include the Career Research Achievement Award at UCC (October 2014); and becoming the editor of a new Book Series on Contemporary Liminality at Routledge. The series, of which Permanent Liminality and Modernity was the first volume, has published 21 further books, with two forthcoming and several others under contract.
Research Interests
My research is concerned with basic and pluri-disciplinary research in theory. It attempts to go beyond the paradigms that have so far dominated the social sciences, and to return to the fundamental issue of what it means to be human, in the sense of sociability and political community - an approach particularly salient in light of the current, deep-seated political, economic, social and cultural 'crisis' (itself a much overused word). It therefore attempts to revitalise the links between sociology, politics and anthropology, from the perspective of a return to the basic principles of classical philosophy, especially the thinking of Plato. It is based on the conviction that the frontier of research currently in the social sciences is not to increase specialisation and quantification, but to give better meaning to the valuable work that has been done in various fields by bringing them together. More concretely, my work over the last decade and a half was centred on the question of modernity; one of the most important, indeed founding problems of sociology. This problem of how the world in which we now live has come into being was addressed, in one way or another, by all the classic figures in the field, just as by a whole range of more recent social theorists. Yet, it seemed to me that, instead of simply adding to the existing stock of knowledge, it was necessary to return to the fundamental questions. One part of the reasons was historical: the events of the last two decades, especially the end of the Cold War and the rise of globalisation dissolved confidence in the existing approaches. The other part belongs to the history of thought: the dominant intellectual paradigms of social theory, like liberal evolutionism, based on utilitarian rationalism, and Marxist theory, based on materialism and the exaltation of conflict, not only failed to foresee the main traumatic events of the 20th century (the two world wars and the series of totalitarian regimes), but even failed to face up to their own shortcomings.Research Grants
| Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [ARTS FACULTY AWARDS] {Szakolczai A } N | Miscellaneous Non Exchequer | 01-SEP-02 | 01-SEP-05 | €10,000.00 | |
| Travel Support | Enterprise Irl | 05-MAR-10 | 07-APR-10 | €900.00 | |
| Proposal Support | Enterprise Irl | 21-OCT-10 | 07-APR-11 | €12,500.00 | |
| Travel Support. | Enterprise Irl | 06-NOV-12 | 22-NOV-12 | €500.00 |
Publications
Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2024) | The Genesis of Modenity (Greek translation). Arpad Szakolczai (2024) The Genesis of Modenity (Greek translation). N/A: N/A. [Details] | |
| (2023) | Political Anthropology as Method. Arpad Szakolczai (2023) Political Anthropology as Method. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2022) | Post-Truth Society A Political Anthropology of Trickster Logic. Szakolczai, Arpad (2022) Post-Truth Society A Political Anthropology of Trickster Logic. London & New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2021) | Il gioco permanente con i limiti. La pandemia, la fine dell'universalismo kantiano e le trappole della teoria economica. Arpad Szakolczai (2021) Il gioco permanente con i limiti. La pandemia, la fine dell'universalismo kantiano e le trappole della teoria economica. Rome: Edizioni Ensemble. [Details] | |
| (2020) | A Political Sociology and Anthropology of Evil: Tricksterology. Agnes Horvath, Arpad Szakolczai (2020) A Political Sociology and Anthropology of Evil: Tricksterology. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2020) | O trapaceiro na antropologia política. Agnes Horvath and Arpad Szakolczai (2020) O trapaceiro na antropologia política. São Paulo, Brazil: n-1 publications. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2022) | Reflexive Historical Sociology (Turkish translation). Arpad Szakolczai (2022) Reflexive Historical Sociology (Turkish translation). Turkey: Islik Yayinlari. [Details] | |
| (2019) | From Anthropology to Social Theory: Rethinking the Social Sciences. Arpad Szakolczai and Bjørn Thomassen (2019) From Anthropology to Social Theory: Rethinking the Social Sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] | |
| (2018) | ’Walking into the Void: On the Social and Anthropological Significance of Walking. Agnes Horvath and Arpad Szakolczai (2018) ’Walking into the Void: On the Social and Anthropological Significance of Walking. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2017) | Permanent Liminality and Modernity. Szakolczai, Arpad (2017) Permanent Liminality and Modernity. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2016) | Novels and the Sociology of the Contemporary. Szakolczai, Arpad (2016) Novels and the Sociology of the Contemporary. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Re-birth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena. Arpad Szakolczai; (2013) Comedy and the Public Sphere: The Re-birth of Theatre as Comedy and the Genealogy of the Modern Public Arena. London & New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Reflexive Historical Sociology (Chinese Translation). Szakolczai, Arpad; (2008) Reflexive Historical Sociology (Chinese Translation). Shanghai, China: People¿s Publishing House. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Sociology, Religion and Grace: A Quest for the Renaissance. Szakolczai, Arpad; (2007) Sociology, Religion and Grace: A Quest for the Renaissance. : Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2003) | The Genesis of Modernity. Szakolczai Arpad; (2003) The Genesis of Modernity. : Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2003) | La scoperta della società (The discovery of society). Procacci, Giovanna and Szakolczai, Arpad; (2003) La scoperta della società (The discovery of society). : Carocci. [Details] | |
| (2000) | Reflexive Historical Sociology. Szakolczai Arpad; (2000) Reflexive Historical Sociology. : Routledge. [Details] | |
| (1998) | Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Parallel Life-Works. Szakolczai Arpad; (1998) Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Parallel Life-Works. : Routledge. [Details] | |
| (1992) | The Dissolution of Communist Power: The Case of Hungary [B4309]. Szakolczai, Arpad; Agnes Horvath (1992) The Dissolution of Communist Power: The Case of Hungary [B4309]. London: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (1990) | A fejlődés megkérdőjelezése (Questioning Development). Arpad Szakolczai; (1990) A fejlődés megkérdőjelezése (Questioning Development). Budapest [Details] | |
| (1989) | Senkiföldjén: A politikai instruktorok tevékenységéről az állampártban (On the no man's land: The activity of political instructors in the state party). Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horváth; (1989) Senkiföldjén: A politikai instruktorok tevékenységéről az állampártban (On the no man's land: The activity of political instructors in the state party). Budapest [Details] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2025) | Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Anthropology Szakolczai, Arpad and Paul O'Connor (Ed.). (2025) Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Anthropology Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Details] | |
| (2020) | Modern Leaders: In between charisma and trickery Agnes Horvath, Arpad Szakolczai and Manussos Marangudakis (Ed.). (2020) Modern Leaders: In between charisma and trickery London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2018) | The Political Anthropology of Ethnic and Religious Minorities Arpad Szakolczai; Agnes Horvath; Attila Z. Papp (Ed.). (2018) The Political Anthropology of Ethnic and Religious Minorities London & New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2017) | The Political Anthropology of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Deeply Divided Societies: Special Issue of the Journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (vol.23, no.1) Szakolczai, Arpad, Agnes Horvath and Attila Z. Papp (Ed.). (2017) The Political Anthropology of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Deeply Divided Societies: Special Issue of the Journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (vol.23, no.1) London and New York: LSE. [Details] | |
| (2013) | ‘The gravity of eros in the contemporary’ (Special section of History of the Human Sciences, vol. 26, no.5.) Agnes Horvath; Arpad Szakolczai (Ed.). (2013) ‘The gravity of eros in the contemporary’ (Special section of History of the Human Sciences, vol. 26, no.5.) ‘The gravity of eros in the contemporary’ (Special section of History of the Human Sciences, vol. 26, no.5.). London: Sage. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Gli interpreti degli interpreti: l'Ione di Platone oggi Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horvath (Ed.). (2008) Gli interpreti degli interpreti: l'Ione di Platone oggi Gli interpreti degli interpreti: l'Ione di Platone oggi. Florence: Ficino Press. [Details] | |
| (2000) | Identità, riconoscimento e scambio: Saggi in onore di Alessandro Pizzorno Arpad Szakolczai, Donatella Della Porta, Monica Greco (Ed.). (2000) Identità, riconoscimento e scambio: Saggi in onore di Alessandro Pizzorno Identità, riconoscimento e scambio: Saggi in onore di Alessandro Pizzorno. Bari: Laterza. [Details] | |
| (1991) | A modernség politikai-filozófiai problémái (The politico- philosophical problems of modernity: from the writings of Michel Foucault, edited and translated, with an introduction Arpad Szakolczai (Ed.). (1991) A modernség politikai-filozófiai problémái (The politico- philosophical problems of modernity: from the writings of Michel Foucault, edited and translated, with an introduction A modernség politikai-filozófiai problémái (The politico- philosophical problems of modernity: from the writings of Michel Foucault, edited and translated, with an introduction. Buddapest: Institute of Sociology. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2024) | 'The Byzantine Spirit: In Between the Renaissance and Modernity' Arpad Szakolczai (2024) 'The Byzantine Spirit: In Between the Renaissance and Modernity'. International Political Anthropology, [Details] | |
| (2024) | 'Substitution: On the Animating Spirit of Economic Rationality' arpad Szakolczai (2024) 'Substitution: On the Animating Spirit of Economic Rationality'. Theory, Culture and Society, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2024) | 'An Epistemology of Revelation' Arpad Szakolczai (2024) 'An Epistemology of Revelation'. Religions, 15 (9) [Details] | |
| (2024) | 'Eric Voegelin and the Present Age' Szakolczai, Arpad (2024) 'Eric Voegelin and the Present Age'. Eric Voegelin Studies Yearbook, 3 (1) [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Enlightenment, Modernity, and the Problem of Evil' Arpad Szakolczai (2023) 'Enlightenment, Modernity, and the Problem of Evil'. International Political Anthropology, 16 (2):83-95 [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'The Greatness of Marcel Mauss' Szakolczai, Arpad (2023) 'The Greatness of Marcel Mauss'. Mauss International: Anti-Utilitarian Interventions in Social Sciences, 3 (1):40-62 [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Ombre di Bisanzio e Impero' Szakolczai, Arpad (2023) 'Ombre di Bisanzio e Impero'. Kadmos, 3 (1):99-126 [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Coping with Permanent Liminality: Social understanding and action through theatre in late communist Hungary' Szakolczai, Arpad (2023) 'Coping with Permanent Liminality: Social understanding and action through theatre in late communist Hungary'. Social Sciences, 12 (12):1-16 [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Representation: From principle to trick' Arpad Szakolczai (2023) 'Representation: From principle to trick'. Eric Voegelin Studies Yearbook, 2 (1):63-88 [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Personal truth-telling while living in the Lie: Foucaldian perspective on Covid measures' Szakolczai, Arpad (2023) 'Personal truth-telling while living in the Lie: Foucaldian perspective on Covid measures'. International Political Anthropology, 16 (1) [Details] | |
| (2022) | 'Originary Words and Images: About Doing Political Anthropology’' Arpad Szakolczai (2022) 'Originary Words and Images: About Doing Political Anthropology’'. International Political Anthropology, 15 (1):7-26 [Details] | |
| (2022) | 'Sulla lingua arcaica fondata sulle vocali lunghe' Arpad Szakolczai (2022) 'Sulla lingua arcaica fondata sulle vocali lunghe'. Kadmos, 2 (1):52-68 [Details] | |
| (2022) | 'Az ősi hosszú magánhangzós nyelv' Arpad Szakolczai (2022) 'Az ősi hosszú magánhangzós nyelv'. Kadmos, 2 (1):34-51 [Details] | |
| (2021) | '‘On Imbecility as a Contemporary Mode of Exercising Power: Davos Thinking as a Version of Modern Gnosticism’' Arpad Szakolczai (2021) '‘On Imbecility as a Contemporary Mode of Exercising Power: Davos Thinking as a Version of Modern Gnosticism’'. International Political Anthropology, 14 (2):141-156 [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Roberto Calasso, La tavoletta dei destini: A Book Review Essay' Arpad Szakolczai (2021) 'Roberto Calasso, La tavoletta dei destini: A Book Review Essay'. International Political Anthropology, 14 (1):61-78 [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Max Weber: Sociologist for the Twenty-First Century’' Arpad Szakolczai (2020) 'Max Weber: Sociologist for the Twenty-First Century’'. Max Weber studies, 20 (2):264-272 [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Roberto Calasso, Il libro di tutti i libri: A Book Review Essay’' Arpad Szakolczai (2020) 'Roberto Calasso, Il libro di tutti i libri: A Book Review Essay’'. International Political Anthropology, 13 (2):177-197 [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'A Guide in Trickster Land: Michel Serres' Arpad Szakolczai (2019) 'A Guide in Trickster Land: Michel Serres'. International Political Anthropology, 11 (1):39-58 [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Individualization as Depersonalization: Minority Studies and Political Anthropology' Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horvath, Attila Z. Papp (2017) 'Individualization as Depersonalization: Minority Studies and Political Anthropology'. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 23 (1) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Permanent (trickster) liminality: The reasons of the heart and of the mind' Arpad Szakolczai (2017) 'Permanent (trickster) liminality: The reasons of the heart and of the mind'. Theory and Psychology, 27 (2) [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Processes of Social Flourishing and their Liminal Collapse: Elements to a Genealogy of Globalisation' Szakolczai, Arpad (2016) 'Processes of Social Flourishing and their Liminal Collapse: Elements to a Genealogy of Globalisation'. British Journal of Sociology, 67 (3):435-455 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Il carattere distintivo dell’occidente: Max Weber dalla modernità all’antichità' Arpad Szakolczai (2016) 'Il carattere distintivo dell’occidente: Max Weber dalla modernità all’antichità'. Studi Di Sociologia, 54 (1):33-48 [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'The theatricalisation of the social: Problematising the public sphere' Arpad Szakolczai (2015) 'The theatricalisation of the social: Problematising the public sphere'. Cultural Sociology, 9 (2):220-239 [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Вернуть реальность и смысл: рефлексивная историческая социология и политическая антропология (Retrieving Reality and Meaning: Reflexive Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology) - bilingual' Szakolczai, Arpad (2015) 'Вернуть реальность и смысл: рефлексивная историческая социология и политическая антропология (Retrieving Reality and Meaning: Reflexive Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology) - bilingual'. Diogenes’ Lantern, 1 (1):240-273 [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Marginalitás és liminalitás: Státuszon kívüli helyzetek és átértékelésük' Arpad Szakolczai (2015) 'Marginalitás és liminalitás: Státuszon kívüli helyzetek és átértékelésük'. Régió, [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Renewing social theory through anthropology: experience, liminality, rites of passage, pilgrimage' Arpad Szakolczai and Julian Davis (2014) 'Renewing social theory through anthropology: experience, liminality, rites of passage, pilgrimage'. Irish Journal of Anthropology, :72-79 [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Living Permanent Liminality: The Celtic Tiger transition experience in a socio-anthropological framework' Arpad Szakolczai (2014) 'Living Permanent Liminality: The Celtic Tiger transition experience in a socio-anthropological framework'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 22 (1):28-50 [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'The Gravity of Eros in the Contemporary: An Introduction’' Arpad Szakolczai and Agnes Horvath (2013) 'The Gravity of Eros in the Contemporary: An Introduction’'. History of The Human Sciences, 26 (1) [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'In liminal tension towards giving birth: Eros, the Educator' Arpad Szakolczai (2013) 'In liminal tension towards giving birth: Eros, the Educator'. History of The Human Sciences, [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Rebel with a Cause: Camus against the Revolutionary Tradition in The Rebel' Arpad Szakolczai; (2013) 'Rebel with a Cause: Camus against the Revolutionary Tradition in The Rebel'. International Political Anthropology, 6 (2):101-105 [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Religious Meaning and Liturgies of Averting Dangers: A review essay on Martin Riesebrodt’s Theory of Religion' Arpad Szakolczai; (2013) 'Religious Meaning and Liturgies of Averting Dangers: A review essay on Martin Riesebrodt’s Theory of Religion'. International Political Anthropology, 6 (2):92-98 [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Critique, Enlightenment and the Spectator in Kant: On the Theatrical Back-ground to the Critical Public Sphere' Arpad Szakolczai (2012) 'Critique, Enlightenment and the Spectator in Kant: On the Theatrical Back-ground to the Critical Public Sphere'. International Political Anthropology, 5 (2):157-177 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Franz Borkenau on World Image' Arpad Szakolczai (2011) 'Franz Borkenau on World Image'. Humana.Mente, 18 :105-122 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Gabriel Tarde as Political Anthropologist: The role of imitation for sociality, crowds and publics within a context of globalization' Szakolczai, Arpad and Bjorn Thomassen (2011) 'Gabriel Tarde as Political Anthropologist: The role of imitation for sociality, crowds and publics within a context of globalization'. International Political Anthropology, 4 (1):41-60 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Civilizing processes and accelerating spirals: The dynamics of social processes, after Elias' Arpad Szakolczai; (2011) 'Civilizing processes and accelerating spirals: The dynamics of social processes, after Elias'. Cambio: Rivista sulle trasformazioni sociali, 1 (2):176-184 [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Masks and Persons: Identity Formation in Public' Arpad Szakolczai (2010) 'Masks and Persons: Identity Formation in Public'. International Political Anthropology, 3 (2):171-191 [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Magical Media Power: Identity Masks in the Revolutionary Global Public Sphere' Szakolczai, Arpad (2010) 'Magical Media Power: Identity Masks in the Revolutionary Global Public Sphere'. Comunicazioni sociali, 33 (3):260-272 [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Jean-Paul and the Modern Obsession with Breaking Boundaries: Reflections on Giesen's 'Three Cultural Projects of Modernity'' Arpad Szakolczai; (2009) 'Jean-Paul and the Modern Obsession with Breaking Boundaries: Reflections on Giesen's 'Three Cultural Projects of Modernity''. International Political Anthropology, 2 (2):267-288 [Details] | |
| (2009) | ''Liminality and Experience: Structuring transitory situations and transformative events'' Arpad Szakolczai (2009) ''Liminality and Experience: Structuring transitory situations and transformative events''. International Political Anthropology, 2 (1):141-172 [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'The National State as a Project of Inner-Worldly Eschatology: Eric Voegelin's Weberian Genealogy of the Spirit of the Modern State' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'The National State as a Project of Inner-Worldly Eschatology: Eric Voegelin's Weberian Genealogy of the Spirit of the Modern State'. International Political Anthropology, :193-212 [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Anthropology beyond Evolutionism, or the Challenge of Prehistoric Cave Art: A Review Essay' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'Anthropology beyond Evolutionism, or the Challenge of Prehistoric Cave Art: A Review Essay'. International Political Anthropology, :149-160 [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'What Kind of Political Anthropology: An External Insider View' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'What Kind of Political Anthropology: An External Insider View'. International Political Anthropology, 275 (282) [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Citizenship and Home: Political Allegiance and its Background' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'Citizenship and Home: Political Allegiance and its Background'. International Political Anthropology, :57-75 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Image-Magic in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Power and Modernity from Weber to Shakespeare' Szakolczai Arpad; (2007) 'Image-Magic in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Power and Modernity from Weber to Shakespeare'. History of the Human Sciences, 20 (4):1-26 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'In pursuit of the 'Good European' identity: From Nietzsche's Dionysus to Minoan Crete' Szakolczai Arpad; (2007) 'In pursuit of the 'Good European' identity: From Nietzsche's Dionysus to Minoan Crete'. Theory, Culture and Society, 24 (5):47-76 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Bellezza e città' Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) 'Bellezza e città'. Dialoghi Internazional, :132-139 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Il Rinascimento e le rinascite nella storia: verso una sociologia della grazia' Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) 'Il Rinascimento e le rinascite nella storia: verso una sociologia della grazia'. Studi di Sociologia, :123-145 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Elementi per una sociologia della grazia' Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) 'Elementi per una sociologia della grazia'. Vita e pensiero, :38-48 [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Moving Beyond the Sophists: Intellectuals in East Central Europe and the Return of Transcendence' Szakolczai Arpad; (2005) 'Moving Beyond the Sophists: Intellectuals in East Central Europe and the Return of Transcendence'. Journal of European Journal of Social Theory, 8 (4):417-433 [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Elias and the Re-founding of Social Theory: A Comment' Szakolczai Arpad; (2005) 'Elias and the Re-founding of Social Theory: A Comment'. Current Sociology, 53 (5):829-834 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Az axiális kor, avagy a globalizáció új megvilágitásban (The axial age, or globalisation in new light)' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2004) 'Az axiális kor, avagy a globalizáció új megvilágitásban (The axial age, or globalisation in new light)'. Szociologiai Szemle, * (1):36-65 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Experiential Sociology' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2004) 'Experiential Sociology'. Theoria, * (103):59-87 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Religion and the Civilising Process' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2003) 'Religion and the Civilising Process'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 12 (1):39-44 [Details] | |
| (2001) | 'Civilization and Its Sources' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2001) 'Civilization and Its Sources'. International Sociology, 16 (3):371-388 [Details] | |
| (2001) | 'In a Permanent State of Transition: Theorising the East European Condition' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2001) 'In a Permanent State of Transition: Theorising the East European Condition'. Journal For Theory and Practice of Liminal Phenomena, 1 (1 (www.mi2.hr/limen)):*-* [Details] | |
| (2001) | 'Eric Voegelin's History of Political Ideas: A Review Essay' Szakolczai Arpad; (2001) 'Eric Voegelin's History of Political Ideas: A Review Essay'. Journal of European Journal of Social Theory, 4 (3):351-368 [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'Norbert Elias and Franz Borkenau: Intertwined Life-Works' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2000) 'Norbert Elias and Franz Borkenau: Intertwined Life-Works'. Theory, Culture and Society, 17 (2):45-69 [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'Kontinuitás és diszkontinuitás az értékpreferenciákban (1977-1998) (Continuity and discontinuity in value preferences)' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1999) 'Kontinuitás és diszkontinuitás az értékpreferenciákban (1977-1998) (Continuity and discontinuity in value preferences)'. Szociologiai Szemle, * (3):54-72 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'Value Systems in Axial Moments: A Comparative Analysis of 24 European Countries' Szakolczai, Arpad and Füstös, László; (1998) 'Value Systems in Axial Moments: A Comparative Analysis of 24 European Countries'. European Sociological Review, 14 (3):211-229 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'The Global Monastery' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1998) 'The Global Monastery'. World Futures, 49 (*):1-17 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'Reappraising Foucault: A Review Essay' Arpad Szakolczai; (1998) 'Reappraising Foucault: A Review Essay'. American Journal of Sociology, :1402-1410 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'Reflexive Historical Sociology' Szakolczai Arpad; (1998) 'Reflexive Historical Sociology'. Journal of European Journal of Social Theory, 1 (2):209-227 [Details] | |
| (1997) | 'Political Science in Hungary [B4360]' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1997) 'Political Science in Hungary [B4360]'. The European Consortium for Political Research, 8.199999999999999 :29-* [Details] | |
| (1996) | 'Hungarians' Changing Values Leave Ex-Communists Behind [B4345]' Szakolczai, Arpad; Füstøs, László; (1996) 'Hungarians' Changing Values Leave Ex-Communists Behind [B4345]'. Transition, 3.22 :46-48 [Details] | |
| (1995) | 'Du Discours Sur La Société Civile Et L'Auto-Élimination Du Parti [B4339]' Szakolczai, Arpad; Horvath, Agnes; (1995) 'Du Discours Sur La Société Civile Et L'Auto-Élimination Du Parti [B4339]'. Cultures Et Conflits, 17 :47-80 [Details] | |
| (1995) | 'Sects and Sociology [B4342]' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1995) 'Sects and Sociology [B4342]'. Figurations, 4 :5-7 [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'Thinking Beyond the East West Divide: Foucault, Patocka, and the Care of the Self [B4324]' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1994) 'Thinking Beyond the East West Divide: Foucault, Patocka, and the Care of the Self [B4324]'. Social Research, 61.2 :297-323 [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'A Jobb- És Baloldalon Túl (Beyond Right and Left) [B4336]' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1994) 'A Jobb- És Baloldalon Túl (Beyond Right and Left) [B4336]'. Politikatudományi Szemle (Hungary), 3.3 :171-187 [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'Ertékek Változásai Magyarországon, 1978-93: Kontinuitás És Diszkontinuitás (Value Changes in Hungary, 1978-1993: Continuity and Discontinuity) [B4330]' Szakolczai, Arpad; Füstøs, László; (1994) 'Ertékek Változásai Magyarországon, 1978-93: Kontinuitás És Diszkontinuitás (Value Changes in Hungary, 1978-1993: Continuity and Discontinuity) [B4330]'. Szociológia (Hungary), 2 :57-90 [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'Thinking Beyond the East West Divide: Foucault, Patocka, and the Care of the Self' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1994) 'Thinking Beyond the East West Divide: Foucault, Patocka, and the Care of the Self'. Social Research, 61 (2):297-323 [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'Democratizarea, Sacrificiul De Sine Si Autointelegerea Societatii Occidentale (Democratisation, Self-Sacrifice, and the Self- Understanding of Western Society) [B4333]' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1994) 'Democratizarea, Sacrificiul De Sine Si Autointelegerea Societatii Occidentale (Democratisation, Self-Sacrifice, and the Self- Understanding of Western Society) [B4333]'. Polis (Romania), 3 :17-33 [Details] | |
| (1992) | 'Weber Et La Méthode Généalogique [B4312]' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1992) 'Weber Et La Méthode Généalogique [B4312]'. Magazine Littéraire, 0.298 :93-94 [Details] | |
| (1991) | 'Political Instructors and the Decline of Communism in Hungary: Apparatus, Nomenclatura and the Issue of Legacy' Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horváth; (1991) 'Political Instructors and the Decline of Communism in Hungary: Apparatus, Nomenclatura and the Issue of Legacy'. The British Journal of Political Science, :469-488 [Details] | |
| (1991) | 'Information Management in Bolshevik-type Party States: A Version of the Information Society' Szakolczai, Arpad and Horváth, Agnes; (1991) 'Information Management in Bolshevik-type Party States: A Version of the Information Society'. East European Politics and Societies, 5 (2):268-305 [Details] | |
| (1990) | 'The Dual Power of the State-Party and Its Grounds' Szakolczai, Arpad and Horváth, Agnes; (1990) 'The Dual Power of the State-Party and Its Grounds'. Social Research, 57 (2):275-301 [Details] | |
| (1988) | 'Forced Modernization and the Promotion of Intolerance: Hungary in Cross-National Perspective' Szakolczai, Arpad and Heltai, Péter; (1988) 'Forced Modernization and the Promotion of Intolerance: Hungary in Cross-National Perspective'. International Review of Sociology, * (3):101-123 [Details] | |
| (1986) | 'Patterns of marital childlessness in Hungary, 1930 to 1980' Szakolczai Arpad, Dudley L. Poston, Jr.; (1986) 'Patterns of marital childlessness in Hungary, 1930 to 1980'. Genus, 42 (1-2):71-85 [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2025) | 'Entries ‘Michel Foucault’, ‘Alfred Gell’, ‘Franz Borkenau’, ‘Lewis Mumford’, ‘Aldous Huxley’, ‘Charles Dickens’, ‘Roberto Calasso’, ‘Alessandro Pizzorno’, ‘Plato’ (with Agnes Horvath), Paul Radin (with Bjørn Thomassen), ‘Liminality’ (with Agnes Horvath), ‘Modern Gnosticism’, ‘Trickster’, Theatricalisation’, ‘Mask’, ‘Method’, ‘Genealogy’' Arpad Szakolczai (2025) 'Entries ‘Michel Foucault’, ‘Alfred Gell’, ‘Franz Borkenau’, ‘Lewis Mumford’, ‘Aldous Huxley’, ‘Charles Dickens’, ‘Roberto Calasso’, ‘Alessandro Pizzorno’, ‘Plato’ (with Agnes Horvath), Paul Radin (with Bjørn Thomassen), ‘Liminality’ (with Agnes Horvath), ‘Modern Gnosticism’, ‘Trickster’, Theatricalisation’, ‘Mask’, ‘Method’, ‘Genealogy’' In: Arpad Szakolczai and Paul O'Connor (eds). ELGAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Details] | |
| (2024) | 'The decline of hospitality and the rise of linguistic imperialism' Arpad Szakolczai (2024) 'The decline of hospitality and the rise of linguistic imperialism' In: Nicholas Faraclas, Anne Storch, Viveka Velupillai (eds). Hospitable Linguistics. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] | |
| (2024) | 'The theatre as a liminal genre: Interferences between a social indicator and a social agent’' Szakolczai, Arpad (2024) 'The theatre as a liminal genre: Interferences between a social indicator and a social agent’' In: Ilaria Riccioni and Paolo Corvo (eds). Theatre and the Quality of Life. New York: Springer. [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Michel Serres and Gregory Bateson: Implicit dialogue about a recognitive epistemology of Nature’' Arpad Szakolczai (2023) 'Michel Serres and Gregory Bateson: Implicit dialogue about a recognitive epistemology of Nature’' In: Andreas Bandak and Daniel M. Knight (eds). Porous Becomings: Anthropological engagements with Michel Serres. Durham NC:: Duke University Press. [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Rulers of liminality: on imbecility, or contemporary modes of gaining and operating power’' Arpad Szakolczai (2023) 'Rulers of liminality: on imbecility, or contemporary modes of gaining and operating power’' In: Agnes Horvath and Paul O'Connor (eds). Liminal Politics in the New Age of Disease: Technocratic Mimetism. London & New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2022) | '‘The instrumentalization and permanentization of emergencies: COVID understood through liminality’' Szakolczai, Arpad (2022) '‘The instrumentalization and permanentization of emergencies: COVID understood through liminality’' In: Lee Trepanier (eds). Diseases, Disasters, and Political Theory. London & New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Communication as theatricalisation: Self-presentation in the digital age' Arpad Szakolczai (2021) 'Communication as theatricalisation: Self-presentation in the digital age' In: Paul O’Connor and Marius Ion Bența (eds). The Technologisation of the Social: A political anthropology of the digital machine. London & New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Permanent Liminality' Szakolczai, Arpad (2021) 'Permanent Liminality' In: Justine Daquin (eds). On Drifting/ De la dérive. NA: Calypso 36.21. [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Eric Voegelin’s Readings of Max Weber: Struggling with the grip of scientistic rationalism' Arpad Szakolczai (2021) 'Eric Voegelin’s Readings of Max Weber: Struggling with the grip of scientistic rationalism' In: Bernat Torres Morales & Josep Monserrat Molas (eds). Voegelin and political philosophers. London & New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Le difficoltà e il piacere di viaggiare: L’importanza unica del pellegrinaggio' Arpad Szakolczai (2021) 'Le difficoltà e il piacere di viaggiare: L’importanza unica del pellegrinaggio' In: Silvano Petrosino and Glenda Franchin (eds). Il viaggio: Spazi e tempi di una trasformazione. Milan: Archivio Ries. [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Sociology of Walking' Arpad Szakolczai and Agnes Horvath (2020) 'Sociology of Walking' In: George Ritzer (eds). Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd edition. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'The virtues of leadership: Beyond the pleasure principle' Arpad Szakolczai (2020) 'The virtues of leadership: Beyond the pleasure principle' In: Agnes Horvath, Arpad Szakolczai and Manussos Marangudakis (eds). Modern Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Neoclassical economics as a logic of subversion' Arpad Szakolczai (2019) 'Neoclassical economics as a logic of subversion' In: Agnes Horvath, Camil Roman, and Gil Germain (eds). Divinization and Technology: The Political Anthropology of Subversion. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'The meaning and meaninglessness of building walls' Arpad Szakolczai (2019) 'The meaning and meaninglessness of building walls' In: Agnes Horvath, Marius Bența, and Joan Davison (eds). Walling, Boundaries and Liminality: A political anthropology of transformations. London and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Recovering the Classical Foundations of Political Anthropology' Arpad Szakolczai (2018) 'Recovering the Classical Foundations of Political Anthropology' In: Bjorn Thomassen and Harald Wydra (eds). Handbook of Political Anthropology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Political Anthropology' Arpad Szakolczai and Agnes Horvath (2018) 'Political Anthropology' In: Stephen Turner and William Outhwaite (eds). Sage Handbook of Political Sociology. London: Sage. [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Retomando Weber e Foucault: as raízes religiosas da modernidade e do Renascimento (Taking up Weber and Foucault: The religious roots of modernity and the Renaissance)' Szakolczai, Arpad (2018) 'Retomando Weber e Foucault: as raízes religiosas da modernidade e do Renascimento (Taking up Weber and Foucault: The religious roots of modernity and the Renaissance)' In: Fabiana A. A. Jardim et al (eds). Max Weber and Michel Foucault: new editions, new readings. São Paulo, Brazil: EDUC. [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Sacrifice and Atonement: Strengthening the Trinitarian Aspects of Mimetic Theory' Arpad Szakolczai (2017) 'Sacrifice and Atonement: Strengthening the Trinitarian Aspects of Mimetic Theory' In: Michael Kirwan and Sheelah Treflé Hidden (eds). Mimesis and Atonement: René Girard and the Doctrine of Salvation. London: Bloomsbury. [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Empires, decline and fall (include Edward Gibbon)' Szakolczai, Arpad (2017) 'Empires, decline and fall (include Edward Gibbon)' In: Bryan S. Turner (general editor) (eds). The Encyclopaedia of Social Theory. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Michel Foucault (1926-84)' Szakolczai, Arpad (2015) 'Michel Foucault (1926-84)' In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief) (eds). International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 9. Oxford: Elsevier. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Liminality and Experience: Structuring transitory situations and transformative events' Szakolczai, Arpad (2015) 'Liminality and Experience: Structuring transitory situations and transformative events' In: Agnes Horvath, Bjorn Thomassen and Harald Wydra (eds). Breaking Boundaries: Varieties of Liminality. Oxford: Berghahn. [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Theatricalised Reality and Novels of Truth: Respecting Tradition and Promoting Imagination in Social Research' Szakolczai, Arpad (2014) 'Theatricalised Reality and Novels of Truth: Respecting Tradition and Promoting Imagination in Social Research' In: Michael H. Jacobsen, Kieran Keohane, Anders Petersen & Michael S. Drake (eds). Imaginative Methodologies: The Poetic Imagination in Social Science. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization: Meaning-giving experiences and pathological expectations concerning health and suffering' Arpad Szakolczai; (2013) 'The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization: Meaning-giving experiences and pathological expectations concerning health and suffering' In: Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Gennep, Arnold van' Szakolczai, Arpad (2013) 'Gennep, Arnold van' In: R. Jon McGee and Richard L. Warms (eds). Encyclopedia of Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Thousand Oaks (CA): Sage. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Genealogy' Arpad Szakolczai; (2013) 'Genealogy' In: Byron Kaldis (eds). Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks (CA): Sage. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Foreword' Szakolczai, Arpad (2013) 'Foreword' In: Tom Boland, Critique as a Modern Social Phenomenon. Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press. [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Dreams, Visions and Utopias: Romantic and Realist Revolutionaries, and the Idyllic' Szakolczai, Arpad (2012) 'Dreams, Visions and Utopias: Romantic and Realist Revolutionaries, and the Idyllic' In: Utopia: Social Theory and the Future. Farnham Surrey: Ashgate. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Voegelin, Weber, and Neo-Kantianism' Arpad Szakolczai; (2011) 'Voegelin, Weber, and Neo-Kantianism' In: Eric Voegelin and the Continental Tradition: Explorations in Modern Political Thought. USA: University of Missouri Press. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Modernità multiple, età assiale e liminalità permanente: approcci alla modernità alla ricerca di un paradigma' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2011) 'Modernità multiple, età assiale e liminalità permanente: approcci alla modernità alla ricerca di un paradigma' In: Modernità multiple - forthcoming. Soveria Mannelli (CZ), italy: Rubbettino. [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Images of Society' Arpad Szakolczai; (2009) 'Images of Society' In: La teoria sociologica e lo stato moderno: Festschrift in Honour of Gianfranco Poggi. Bologna: Il Mulino. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Conclusione' Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horvath; (2008) 'Conclusione' In: Gli interpreti degli interpreti: l'Ione di Platone oggi. Florence: Ficino Press. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Platone oggi: intempestività noiosa o attualità bruciante? (Plato today: boring untimeliness or burning actuality?)' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'Platone oggi: intempestività noiosa o attualità bruciante? (Plato today: boring untimeliness or burning actuality?)' In: Gli interpreti degli interpreti: l'Ione di Platone oggi. Florence: Ficino Press. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'A civilizáció kalandja: Etruszkok, pelaszgok, és a sötét korok utáni újjászületés (The adventure of civilisation: Etruscans, Pelasgians, and the rebirth after dark ages)' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'A civilizáció kalandja: Etruszkok, pelaszgok, és a sötét korok utáni újjászületés (The adventure of civilisation: Etruscans, Pelasgians, and the rebirth after dark ages)' In: Találjuk ki ...! Tanulmányok Hankiss Elemér tiszteletére (Festschrift in Honour of Elemér Hankiss). Budapest-Szombathely: Savaria University Press. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'The Non-Being of Communism and Myths of Democratisation' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2008) 'The Non-Being of Communism and Myths of Democratisation' In: Democracy and Myth in Russia and in Eastern Europe Routledge, London. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Sinn aus Erfahrung' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2008) 'Sinn aus Erfahrung' In: Erleben, Erleiden, Erfahren: Die Konstitution sozialen Sinns jenseits instrumenteller Vernunft. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Introduzione' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'Introduzione' In: Gli interpreti degli interpreti: l'Ione di Platone oggi. Florence: Ficino Press. [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Identity Formation in World Religions: A Comparative Analysis of Christianity and Islam' Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) 'Identity Formation in World Religions: A Comparative Analysis of Christianity and Islam' In: Islam in Process: Historical and Civilizational Perspectives, Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam. Bielefeld, Transcript-Verlag. [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Historical sociology, Historicism, Charisma, Eliade, Mary Douglas and Voegelin' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2006) 'Historical sociology, Historicism, Charisma, Eliade, Mary Douglas and Voegelin' In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory. [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'World-Rejections and World Conquests: The Dynamics of War and Peace' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2006) 'World-Rejections and World Conquests: The Dynamics of War and Peace' In: Die Menschen im Krieg, im Frieden mit der Natur. [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Global Ages, Ecumenic Empires, and Prophetic Traditions' Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) 'Global Ages, Ecumenic Empires, and Prophetic Traditions' In: Islam in Process: Historical and Civilizational Perspectives, Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam. Bielefeld, Transcript-Verlag. [Details] | |
| (2006) | '`Preface' to Donal Foley, Understanding Medjugorje' Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) '`Preface' to Donal Foley, Understanding Medjugorje' In: Understanding Medjugorje. Nottingham: Theotokos Books. [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Contemporary East Central European Social Theory' Szakolczai, Arpad and Wydra, Harald; (2006) 'Contemporary East Central European Social Theory' In: Handbook of Contemporary European Social Theory Routledge, London+New York. [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'In Between Tradition and Christianity: The Axial Age in the In Between Tradition and Christianity: The Axial Age in the Perspective of Béla Hamvas' Szakolczai Arpad; (2005) 'In Between Tradition and Christianity: The Axial Age in the In Between Tradition and Christianity: The Axial Age in the Perspective of Béla Hamvas' In: Axial Civilisations and World History Brill, Leiden. [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Beyond Normality? Identity Formation in Modernity' Arpad Szakolczai; (2004) 'Beyond Normality? Identity Formation in Modernity' In: Beyond Identity: Transformations of Identity in a (Post) Modern World. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Civilization and Its Sources' Szakolczai Arpad; (2004) 'Civilization and Its Sources' In: Rethinking Civilizational Analysis Sage, London. [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'Identità, riconoscimento, scambio: una introduzione' Arpad Szakolczai, Donatella Della Porta, Monica Greco; (2000) 'Identità, riconoscimento, scambio: una introduzione' In: Identità, riconoscimento, scambio: Saggi in onore di Alessandro Pizzorno. Bari: Laterza. [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'Modernity Interpreted through Weber and Foucault' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2000) 'Modernity Interpreted through Weber and Foucault' In: Enlightenment and Genocide: Contradictions of Modernity Presse Interuniversitaire Européen / Peter Lang, Brussels. [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'Experiences of Democratisation: Elements of a Comparative and Historical Framework' Szakolczai Arpad; (1999) 'Experiences of Democratisation: Elements of a Comparative and Historical Framework' In: The Experience of Democratisation in Eastern Europe London, Macmillan. [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'Erlebnisgründe des Denkens von Max Weber und Michel Foucault: Eine vergleichende Analyse' Arpad Szakolczai; (1998) 'Erlebnisgründe des Denkens von Max Weber und Michel Foucault: Eine vergleichende Analyse' In: T Interkulturelle Lebensläufe. Stauffenburg: Tübingen. [Details] | |
| (1994) | 'Foucault Passe à L'Est: Liens Et Interactions [B4327]' Szakolczai, Arpad; (1994) 'Foucault Passe à L'Est: Liens Et Interactions [B4327]' In: Michel Foucault, Les Jeux De La Vérité Et Du Pouvoir: Etudes Transeuropéennes. [Details] | |
| (1992) | 'The Discourse of Civil Society and the Self-Elimination of the Party [B4315]' Szakolczai, Arpad; Horvath, Agnes; (1992) 'The Discourse of Civil Society and the Self-Elimination of the Party [B4315]' In: Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Europe. [Details] | |
| (1990) | 'Modernization of Value Systems: Indicators of Change in Cross- cultural Comparisons' Arpad Szakolczai, Elemér Hankiss, Róbert Manchin and László Füstös; (1990) 'Modernization of Value Systems: Indicators of Change in Cross- cultural Comparisons' In: Search for American Values: Contribution of Hungarian Americans to American Values. Budapest: Országos Széchényi Könyvtár. [Details] | |
| (1987) | 'On the characteristics of the value choices of students' Arpad Szakolczai; (1987) 'On the characteristics of the value choices of students' In: The Social Conditions of Engineers and Economists. Budapest, University of Economics: [Details] |
Other Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2020) | '‘Eschatological Politics: The Chosen People of God and their Holy Wars’' Arpad Szakolczai (2020) '‘Eschatological Politics: The Chosen People of God and their Holy Wars’' VoegelinView, . [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'The End of Kantian Universalism (four parts)' Arpad Szakolczai (2020) 'The End of Kantian Universalism (four parts)' VoegelinView, . [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'A Book Review of Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline, by Tony Waters' Arpad Szakolczai (2019) 'A Book Review of Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline, by Tony Waters' Contemporary Sociology, . [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Thinking as Testing the Limits of Friendship: On the Voegelin-Schütz correspondence' Arpad Szakolczai (2013) 'Thinking as Testing the Limits of Friendship: On the Voegelin-Schütz correspondence' VoegelinView, . [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'A review of David Wengrow, `What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West¿' Arpad Szakolczai; (2011) 'A review of David Wengrow, `What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West¿' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 17 . [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'A review of Peter Wagner, Modernity as Experience and Interpretation: A New Sociology of Modernity - forthcoming' Szakolczai, Arpad; (2009) 'A review of Peter Wagner, Modernity as Experience and Interpretation: A New Sociology of Modernity - forthcoming' Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 50 (4) :737-739. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'A review of R. Schlesier and R. Sanchiño Martínez (eds.) Neuhumanismus und Anthropologie des griechischen Mythos. Karl Kerényi im europäischen Kontext des 20. Jahrhunderts' Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) 'A review of R. Schlesier and R. Sanchiño Martínez (eds.) Neuhumanismus und Anthropologie des griechischen Mythos. Karl Kerényi im europäischen Kontext des 20. Jahrhunderts' The Classical Review 58, . [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'A presentation of Sociology, Religion and Grace' Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) 'A presentation of Sociology, Religion and Grace' Interstices, . [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'A review of S. Malesevic and I. MacKenzie (eds.) Ideology after Poststructuralism' Arpad Szakolczai; (2003) 'A review of S. Malesevic and I. MacKenzie (eds.) Ideology after Poststructuralism' Irish Journal of Sociology 12, . [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'A review of L. Kaelber, Schools of Ascetism' Arpad Szakolczai; (2000) 'A review of L. Kaelber, Schools of Ascetism' Contemporary Sociology 29, . [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'A Sweet and Sour Victory in Eastern Europe' Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horváth; (1999) 'A Sweet and Sour Victory in Eastern Europe' Radical Philosophy, . [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'A review of F. Furet, Le passé d'une illusion: essai sur l'idée communiste au XXe siècle' Arpad Szakolczai; (1998) 'A review of F. Furet, Le passé d'une illusion: essai sur l'idée communiste au XXe siècle' The European Journal of Social Theory, . [Details] | |
| (1993) | 'A review of three books on Foucault' Arpad Szakolczai; (1993) 'A review of three books on Foucault' Contemporary Sociology, . [Details] | |
| (1993) | 'Polgárosodás (Embourgeoisement)' Arpad Szakolczai; (1993) 'Polgárosodás (Embourgeoisement)' Replika, :114-116. [Details] | |
| (1989) | 'Senkiföldjén (On the no man's land)' Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horváth; (1989) 'Senkiföldjén (On the no man's land)' Kritika, . [Details] | |
| (1989) | 'Power/ knowledge and the intellectuals' Arpad Szakolczai; (1989) 'Power/ knowledge and the intellectuals' State and Civil Society, :29-31. [Details] | |
| (1989) | 'A párt különös hatalma (The peculiar power of the party)' Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horváth; (1989) 'A párt különös hatalma (The peculiar power of the party)' Valóság 32, :26-37. [Details] | |
| (1989) | 'Michel Foucault és a politikai racionalitás genealógiája (Michel Foucault and the genealogy of political rationality' Arpad Szakolczai; (1989) 'Michel Foucault és a politikai racionalitás genealógiája (Michel Foucault and the genealogy of political rationality' Társadalomkutatás 7, 2 :81-103. [Details] | |
| (1989) | 'Erőltetett modernizáció és elhanyagolt tolerancia (Forced modernization and the neglect of tolerance)' Arpad Szakolczai, Péter Heltai; (1989) 'Erőltetett modernizáció és elhanyagolt tolerancia (Forced modernization and the neglect of tolerance)' Valóság 32, :35-47. [Details] | |
| (1982) | 'A cigányság értékrendjének sajátosságai (The specificities of the value system of gypsies)' Arpad Szakolczai; (1982) 'A cigányság értékrendjének sajátosságai (The specificities of the value system of gypsies)' Szociológia, :521-533. [Details] | |
| (1981) | 'Mobilitás és értékrendszerek (Mobility and value systems)' Arpad Szakolczai; (1981) 'Mobilitás és értékrendszerek (Mobility and value systems)' Medvetánc, :95-99. [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2020) | Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline. Szakolczai, A (2020) Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline. THOUSAND OAKS: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2011) | What makes civilization? The ancient Near East and the future of the West. Szakolczai, A (2011) What makes civilization? The ancient Near East and the future of the West. MALDEN: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2009) | A review of Peter Wagner, Modernity as Experience and Interpretation: A New Sociology of Modernity (Cambridge, Polity, 2008). Arpad Szakolczai (2009) A review of Peter Wagner, Modernity as Experience and Interpretation: A New Sociology of Modernity (Cambridge, Polity, 2008). Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2008) | Neohumanism and Anthropology of the greek Myth. Karl Kerenyi in european Context of the 20th century. Szakolczai, A (2008) Neohumanism and Anthropology of the greek Myth. Karl Kerenyi in european Context of the 20th century. CAMBRIDGE: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2000) | Schools of asceticism: Ideology and organization in medieval religious communities. Szakolczai, A (2000) Schools of asceticism: Ideology and organization in medieval religious communities. Book Reviews [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2013) | ESF Exploratory Workshop ‘Affectivity and Liminality: Conceptualising the dynamics of suspended transition Arpad Szakolczai (2013) Permanent (trickster) liminality: The reasons of the heart and of the mind . In: Monica Greco and Paul Brenner eds. ESF Exploratory Workshop ‘Affectivity and Liminality: Conceptualising the dynamics of suspended transition Brighton (UK), , 17-NOV-13 - 19-NOV-13 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2013) | Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Possible Convergences Arpad Szakolczai (2013) Perspectives and uses of history Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Possible Convergences São Paulo, Brazil, , 20-MAY-13 - 24-MAY-13 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2013) | Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Possible Convergences Arpad Szakolczai (2013) Taking up Weber and Foucault: The religious roots of modernity, and beyond Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Possible Convergences São Paulo, Brazil, , 20-MAY-13 - 24-MAY-13 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2013) | the ‘Sixth International Political Anthropology Workshop in Ireland’, on ‘Poesis: The ambivalent creation of the truth’ Arpad Szakolczai (2013) Theatropoiesis and novels of truth the ‘Sixth International Political Anthropology Workshop in Ireland’, on ‘Poesis: The ambivalent creation of the truth’ Waterford, , 29-NOV-13 - 30-NOV-13 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2012) | The Fifth Workshop of International Political Anthropology’, on ‘Play: The creation of culture and the modern world’ Szakolczai, Arpad (2012) Contesting, confusing, corrupting: Huizinga’s foundational anthropology of play and its limits The Fifth Workshop of International Political Anthropology’, on ‘Play: The creation of culture and the modern world’ [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2011) | The Sixth Socratic Symposium Szakolczai, Arpad (2011) Theatrocracy: From Ancient to Modern The Sixth Socratic Symposium Cambridge, UK, , 07-NOV-11 - 07-NOV-11 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2011) | the 10th Annual Meeting of the International Social Theory Consortium Szakolczai, Arpad (2011) The Political Anthropology of Social Theory the 10th Annual Meeting of the International Social Theory Consortium UCC Cork, Ireland, , 16-JUN-11 - 17-JUN-11 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2010) | Beauty: Its Imitation (and its forgery) Szakolczai, Arpad; (2010) Graceful Beauty and Technological Forgery: Rival World Visions and their Meaning Beauty: Its Imitation (and its forgery) Florence, , 28-MAY-10 - 29-MAY-10 [Details] | |
| (2010) | Renaissance Now Arpad Szakolczai; (2010) From High Renaissance to Low Commedia dell¿Arte, and Beyond: On minor sparks that might set in motion a long-term large-scale societal change Renaissance Now Cork, IRL, , 09-DEC-10 - 10-DEC-10 [Details] | |
| (2010) | Understanding New Wars Szakolczai, Arpad; (2010) New Wars and Permanent Liminality Understanding New Wars University of Cambridge, UK, , 12-FEB-10 - 13-FEB-10 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2010) | The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization Arpad Szakolczai; (2010) The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization: Meaning-giving experiences and pathological expectations concerning health and suffering The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization Aalborg, Denmark, , 28-OCT-10 - 29-OCT-10 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2010) | Beyond Dichotomous Thinking: The Society of Individuals; The Legacy and Continuous Relevance of Norbert Elias's Sociology Szakolczai, Arpad; (2010) Civilizing processes and accelerating spirals: The dynamics of social processes, after Elias Beyond Dichotomous Thinking: The Society of Individuals; The Legacy and Continuous Relevance of Norbert Elias's Sociology Florence, Italy, , 07-OCT-10 - 09-OCT-10 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2010) | Fifth Socratic Symposium Arpad Szakolczai; (2010) In liminal tension towards giving birth while beholding beauty: The truth about love, beyond comedic sophistry Fifth Socratic Symposium Florence, Italy, , 07-NOV-10 - 07-NOV-10 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2009) | Multiple Modernities at the beginning of the 21st century Arpad Szakolczai; (2009) Multiple Modernities, Axial Age, and Permanent Liminality: Approaches to Modernity in Search of a Paradigm Multiple Modernities at the beginning of the 21st century Rome, Italy, , 24-SEP-09 - 25-SEP-09 [Details] | |
| (2009) | New Perspectives on Archaic Civilizations Szakolczai, Arpad; (2009) Golden Age, Stone Age, Iron Age, Axial Age: The Significance of Archaic Civilization for the Modern World New Perspectives on Archaic Civilizations Konstanz, Germany, , 08-DEC-09 - 09-DEC-09 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2009) | Fourth Socratic Symposium Szakolczai, Arpad; (2009) Sophists: Ancient and Modern¿ Fourth Socratic Symposium Florence, Italy, , 07-NOV-09 - 08-NOV-09 [Details] | |
| (2009) | Liminality and Cultures of Change Arpad Szakolczai; (2009) Liminality and Experience: Structuring transitory situations and transformative events Liminality and Cultures of Change University of Cambridge, UK, , 13-FEB-09 - 14-FEB-09 , pp.141-172 [Details] | |
| (2008) | The Second Obergurgl Governance Symposium on Governance and Religion Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) Cultures of Sacrifice and Religions of the Book: Religious Violence from Rationality through Revelation to Regression The Second Obergurgl Governance Symposium on Governance and Religion Obergurgl, Austria, , 20-NOV-08 - 22-NOV-08 [Details] | |
| (2008) | Third Socratic Symposium Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) Tribute to Beauty: Plato¿s Theological Cosmogony in the Timaeus Third Socratic Symposium Florence, Italy, , 07-NOV-08 - 07-NOV-08 [Details] | |
| (2007) | Spiritual Diseases in Modernity Szakolczai, Arpad; (2007) Spiritual diseases in modernity or modernity as a spiritual disease Spiritual Diseases in Modernity University of Kent at Canterbury, England, , 25-APR-07 - 27-APR-07 [Details] | |
| (2007) | Second Socratic Symposium Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) Plato's Self-Overcoming: Law, Rationality and the Pleasure Principle in the Statesman Second Socratic Symposium Florence, Italy, , 07-NOV-07 - 07-NOV-07 [Details] | |
| (2006) | First Socratic Symposium Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) Gli interpreti degli interpreti First Socratic Symposium Florence, Italy, , 07-NOV-06 - 07-NOV-06 [Details] | |
| (2006) | Religion and the Nation Szakolczai Arpad; (2006) The National State as a Project of Inner-Worldly Eschatology: Eric Voegelin¿s Weberian Genealogy of the ¿Spirit¿ of the Modern State Religion and the Nation University of Konstanz, Germany, , 07-JUL-06 - 07-SEP-06 , pp.193-212 [Details] | |
| (2005) | Early Islam: Breakthroughs ¿ Commonalities ¿ Continuities Arpad Szakolczai; (2005) Identity Formation in World Religions: A Comparative Analysis of Christianity and Islam Early Islam: Breakthroughs ¿ Commonalities ¿ Continuities Essen, Germany, , 15-APR-05 - 16-APR-05 [Details] | |
| (2004) | Axial Age - Islam - Modernity Szakolczai Arpad; (2004) Ecumenic Empires, Global Ages and Prophetic Religions . In: Johann P. Arnason, Armando Salvatore and Georg Stauth eds. Axial Age - Islam - Modernity Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen, Germany, , 26-APR-04 - 28-APR-04 [Details] |
Generic
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2006) | Mátyás napok Kolozsváron, avagy mag hó alatt' (King Matthias days in Kolozsvár, or seed under the snow). Arpad Szakolczai, Agnes Horváth; (2006) Mátyás napok Kolozsváron, avagy mag hó alatt' (King Matthias days in Kolozsvár, or seed under the snow). Kolozsvár, Rumania: Generic [Details] | |
| (2002) | emzet-eredet-mítoszok és otthon-élmény (National origin myths and the experience of home). Arpad Szakolczai; (2002) emzet-eredet-mítoszok és otthon-élmény (National origin myths and the experience of home). Generic [Details] | |
| (2001) | Stages of a Quest: Reconstructing the Outline Structure of the History of Political Ideas. Arpad Szakolczai; (2001) Stages of a Quest: Reconstructing the Outline Structure of the History of Political Ideas. Munich: Generic [Details] | |
| (1999) | The Spiritual Character of Modernity: Preemption, Crisis and Return. Arpad Szakolczai; (1999) The Spiritual Character of Modernity: Preemption, Crisis and Return. Generic [Details] | |
| (1996) | Espoirs et déceptions de l'Europe centrale. Arpad Szakolczai; (1996) Espoirs et déceptions de l'Europe centrale. Generic [Details] | |
| (1991) | A polícia mint a boldogság tudománya' (The early modern 'police' as the science of happiness). Arpad Szakolczai; (1991) A polícia mint a boldogság tudománya' (The early modern 'police' as the science of happiness). Generic [Details] | |
| (1981) | A gazdasági fejlődés vizsgálata faktoranalízissel (Studying economic development using factor analysis). Arpad Szakolczai; (1981) A gazdasági fejlődés vizsgálata faktoranalízissel (Studying economic development using factor analysis). Generic [Details] |
Invited Lectures
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2014) | Charisma and the Rebel: Against Innocent Fraud. Arpad Szakolczai and Agnes Horvath (2014) Charisma and the Rebel: Against Innocent Fraud. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2014) | Marginalitás és liminalitás: Státuszon kívüli helyzetek és átértékelésük. Arpad Szakolczai (2014) Marginalitás és liminalitás: Státuszon kívüli helyzetek és átértékelésük. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2014) | Modernizáció mint teatrikalizáció: Szociológia antropológiai megközelítésben. Arpad Szakolczai (2014) Modernizáció mint teatrikalizáció: Szociológia antropológiai megközelítésben. Institute of Political Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2014) | Fairground Capitalism and Alchemical Technology: The Delusions of “the Public”. Arpad Szakolczai (2014) Fairground Capitalism and Alchemical Technology: The Delusions of “the Public”. Department of Sociology, Catholic University, Milan: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2013) | Comedy and the Public Sphere. Arpad Szakolczai (2013) Comedy and the Public Sphere. ‘ARC’ Centre, Dept of Sociology, Catholic University, Milan: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2013) | Permanent Liminality and the Anthropological Study of Crises. Arpad Szakolczai (2013) Permanent Liminality and the Anthropological Study of Crises. Department of Sociology, University of Aegean, Mytilene, Greece: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2012) | La sfera pubblica nella sociologia della grazia. Arpad Szakolczai (2012) La sfera pubblica nella sociologia della grazia. Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Salerno, Italy: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2011) | Comedy and the Public Sphere: anthropology and the genealogy of modern politics. Arpad Szakolczai (2011) Comedy and the Public Sphere: anthropology and the genealogy of modern politics. Department of Sociology, University of Hull, UK: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2010) | The political anthropology of Euroscepticism: Europe in everyday life from the margins. Arpad Szakolczai (2010) The political anthropology of Euroscepticism: Europe in everyday life from the margins. Department of Sociology, Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2009) | La crisi dell’educazione e la speranza della bellezza/ grazia. Arpad Szakolczai (2009) La crisi dell’educazione e la speranza della bellezza/ grazia. Tortona, Italy: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2009) | La grazia fiorentina: Da Cimabue a Michelangelo e Raffaello, attraverso Verrocchio e Leonardo (e i Pollaiuolo). Arpad Szakolczai (2009) La grazia fiorentina: Da Cimabue a Michelangelo e Raffaello, attraverso Verrocchio e Leonardo (e i Pollaiuolo). Biblioteca delle Oblate, Florence, Italy: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2008) | Renaissance Grace and the Trickster: Verrocchio, Leonardo and the Pollaiuolo brothers. Arpad Szakolczai (2008) Renaissance Grace and the Trickster: Verrocchio, Leonardo and the Pollaiuolo brothers. St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2008) | The Carnival Is Over. Arpad Szakolczai (2008) The Carnival Is Over. Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent at Canterbury: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2007) | Il Rinascimento e le religioni della grazia. Arpad Szakolczai (2007) Il Rinascimento e le religioni della grazia. Department of Sociology, Catholic University, Milan: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2001) | Understanding Modernity. Arpad Szakolczai; (2001) Understanding Modernity. Invited Lectures [Details] |
Other
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2001) | Untitled - Reply. Szakolczai, A (2001) Untitled - Reply. Other [Details] | |
| (1997) | Norbert Elias and Franz Borkenau: Intertwined Life-Works [B4357]. Szakolczai, Arpad; (1997) Norbert Elias and Franz Borkenau: Intertwined Life-Works [B4357]. Florence: Other [Details] | |
| (1996) | Value Systems in Axial Moments: A Comparative Analysis of 24 European Countries [B4354]. Szakolczai, Arpad; (1996) Value Systems in Axial Moments: A Comparative Analysis of 24 European Countries [B4354]. Florence: Other [Details] | |
| (1996) | In a Permanent State of Transition: Theorising the East European Condition [B4348]. Szakolczai, Arpad; (1996) In a Permanent State of Transition: Theorising the East European Condition [B4348]. Florence: Other [Details] | |
| (1996) | Durkheim, Weber and Parsons and the founding experiences of sociology [B4351]. Szakolczai, Arpad; (1996) Durkheim, Weber and Parsons and the founding experiences of sociology [B4351]. Florence: Other [Details] | |
| (1993) | Nietzsche's Genealogical Method: Presentation and Application [B4318]. Szakolczai, Arpad; (1993) Nietzsche's Genealogical Method: Presentation and Application [B4318]. Florence: Other [Details] | |
| (1993) | Re-Building the Polity: A Comparative Study of Mayors in the Hungarian, Czech and Slovakian Republics [B4321]. Szakolczai, Arpad; (1993) Re-Building the Polity: A Comparative Study of Mayors in the Hungarian, Czech and Slovakian Republics [B4321]. Florence: Other [Details] |
Working Paper
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2000) | Experiences and Identity. Arpad Szakolczai; (2000) Experiences and Identity. Working Paper [Details] | |
| (1999) | Assessing the Legacy of Communism: Continuities and Discontinuities in Value Preferences in Hungary, 1977-1997. Arpad Szakolczai, László Füstös; (1999) Assessing the Legacy of Communism: Continuities and Discontinuities in Value Preferences in Hungary, 1977-1997. Working Paper [Details] | |
| (1998) | Identity Formation Mechanisms: A Conceptual and Genealogical Analysis. Arpad Szakolczai; (1998) Identity Formation Mechanisms: A Conceptual and Genealogical Analysis. Working Paper [Details] | |
| (1993) | Types of mayors, Types of Subjectivity: Continuities and Discontinuities in the East-Central European Transitions I. Arpad Szakolczai; (1993) Types of mayors, Types of Subjectivity: Continuities and Discontinuities in the East-Central European Transitions I. Working Paper [Details] | |
| (1993) | From Governmentality to the Genealogy of Subjectivity: On Foucault's Path in the 1980s. Arpad Szakolczai; (1993) From Governmentality to the Genealogy of Subjectivity: On Foucault's Path in the 1980s. Working Paper [Details] | |
| (1992) | On the Exercise of Power in Modern Societies, East and West. Arpad Szakolczai; (1992) On the Exercise of Power in Modern Societies, East and West. Working Paper [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Career Research Achievement Award | Office of the Vice-President of Research, UCC | |
| 2002 | Research Achievement Award | Faculty of Arts, UCC | |
| 1990 | Ferenc Erdei award of the Hungarian Sociological Association | Hungarian Sociological Association |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Organising the annual International Political Anthropology Summer Schools (with Agnes Horvath), first in Florence and then in Acquapendente: ‘Masks of the Contemporary’ (2009); ‘Ekstasis (out of ordinary) in Politics: revolutions, wars, and other liminal moments’ (2010); ‘Forgery and Corruption in Politics’ (2011), ‘Devotion to Leadership’ (2013), ‘Beyond Sacrifice: About the Rational and the Irrational’ (2014), ‘The Political Anthropology of Artificial Creation: Technology in Politics, in Economics and in Art’ (2015), ‘Walling: breaking and barring reality, or creating an unreal state and the absurd wish to overcome it’ (2016), ‘The Political Anthropology of Subversion: On a secret technique of transformation’ (2017), 'Tricksterology: The political anthropology of evil' (2018), 'The Political Anthropology of the Flux and the void' (2019). So far over 100 students and 25 academics participated, covering 4 continents and 32 nationalities (Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Nepal, Japan, the Philippines, Uganda, Ghana, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, and the United States). Editing the Routledge series “Contemporary Liminality” (https://www.routledge.com/Contemporary-Liminality/book-series/ASHSER1435). Titles published so far: 1. Arpad Szakolczai, Permanent Liminality and Modernity: Analysing the Sacrificial Carnival through Novels, published 4 October 2016; 2. Amin Sharifi Isaloo, Power, Legitimacy and the Public Sphere: The Iranian Ta’ziyeh Theatre Ritual, published 26 April 2017 (based on 2015 UCC PhD); paperback version to be published 16 November 2018; 3. Agnes Horvath & Arpad Szakolczai: Walking into the Void: A Historical Sociology and Political Anthropology of Walking, published 17 October 2017; 4. Paul O’Connor, Home: The Foundations of Belonging, published 22 November 2017 (based on 2016 UCC PhD); 5. Arvydas Grišinas, Politics with a Human Face: Identity and Experience in Post-Soviet Europe, published 29 March 2018; 6. Cesare Silla, The Rise of Consumer Capitalism in America, 1880 – 1930, published 10 April 2018; 7. Agnes Horvath, Marius Ion Benţa, Joan Davison (eds), Walling, Boundaries and Liminality: A Political Anthropology of Transformations, published 30 July 2018 (based on 2016 IPA Summer School); 8. Tom Boland, The Spectacle of Critique: From Philosophy to Cacophony, published 1 August 2018; 9. Agnes Horvath, Camil Roman and Gilbert Germain (eds), Divinization and Technology: The Political Anthropology of Subversion (2019, based on 2017 IPA Summer School); 10. The Political Sociology and Anthropology of Evil: Tricksterology (2019, based on 2018 IPA Summer School). |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungarian | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| French | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| Italian | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| Russian | Fluent | Basic | Functional | |
| German | Functional | None | Basic | |
| Spanish | Functional | None | Basic |
Journal Activities
| Journal | Role | To / From | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theory, Culture And Society | Referee | 01-JAN-03 - | |
| American Journal Of Sociology | Referee | 01-JAN-97 - | |
| British Journal Of Sociology | Referee | 01-JAN-98 - | |
| Canadian Journal Of Sociology | Referee | 06-JUL-17 - | |
| Irish Journal Of Sociology | Referee | 01-JAN-02 - | |
| Rassegna Italiana Di Sociologia | Referee | 08-AUG-16 - | |
| Hungarian Sociological Review | Referee | 01-JAN-95 - | |
| Cultural Sociology | Referee | 01-AUG-15 - | |
| American Journal Of Cultural Sociology | Referee | 12-MAY-19 - 18-OCT-19 | |
| History Of The Human Sciences | Referee | 01-JAN-06 - | |
| Sociological Theory | Referee | 01-JAN-05 - | |
| Distinktion | Referee | 17-OCT-15 - | |
| Theoria | Referee | 01-JAN-03 - | |
| Nations And Nationalism | Referee | 10-MAY-19 - | |
| Journal Of Classical Sociology | Referee | 05-MAR-18 - | |
| Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute | Referee | 01-JAN-11 - | |
| European Sociological Review | Referee | 13-APR-11 - | |
| Foucault Studies | Referee | 25-OCT-09 - | |
| Contemporary Sociology | Referee | 01-JAN-95 - | |
| Current Sociology | Referee | 01-JAN-05 - | |
| The Sociological Quarterly | Referee | 01-JAN-08 - | |
| Journal Of International Relations And Development | Referee | 19-OCT-15 - | |
| Qualitative Sociology | Referee | 18-SEP-16 - | |
| International Political Anthropology | Member of Editorial Board | 01-JAN-08 - | |
| International Political Anthropology | Referee | 01-JAN-08 - | |
| International Political Sociology | Referee | 01-JAN-07 - | |
| International Journal Of English Literature | Referee | 01-MAY-14 - | |
| Review Of International Studies | Referee | 29-SEP-10 - | |
| The Sociological Review | Referee | 01-JAN-99 - | |
| The Classical Review | Referee | 01-JAN-07 - | |
| Critical Research On Religion | Referee | 10-APR-16 - | |
| Social Studies (Brno, Czech Republic) | Referee | 12-SEP-16 - | |
| Religion, State And Society | Referee | 01-JAN-16 - | |
| Journal Of International Studies | Referee | 01-JAN-02 - | |
| Foundations Of Science | Referee | 01-JAN-05 - | |
| Hungarian Political Science Review | Referee | 01-JAN-96 - | |
| Security Dialogue | Referee | 01-JAN-03 - | |
| Modern Italy | Referee | 01-JAN-06 - | |
| Religions | Referee | 01-OCT-13 - | |
| First Monday | Referee | 01-JAN-13 - |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2016) | Kick Off Conference of the ERC project Postsecular Conflicts, Arpad Szakolczai (2016) Tradition beyond modernity: Revalorizing tradition without traditionalism. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Kick Off Conference of the ERC project Postsecular Conflicts, Obergurgl, Austria , 16-JUN-16 - 18-JUN-16. [Details] | |
| (2015) | The crisis conundrum: How to reconcile economy and society?, Arpad Szakolczai (2015) Economic growth and human flourishing: lessons from the crisis. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The crisis conundrum: How to reconcile economy and society?, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, ITALY , 05-JUN-15 - 09-JUN-15. [Details] | |
| (2015) | Confronting the Liminal Spaces of Health Research Regulation, Arpad Szakolczai (2015) Modalities of Liminality. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Confronting the Liminal Spaces of Health Research Regulation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland , 15-MAY-15 - 16-MAY-15. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Max Weber, Our Contemporary: 1864-2014, Arpad Szakolczai (2014) The Distinctiveness of the West: Max Weber from Modernity to Antiquity. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Max Weber, Our Contemporary: 1864-2014, Catholic University, Milan , 01-DEC-14 - 02-DEC-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Comedy and Society Conference, Arpad Szakolczai (2014) Modern Politics and Theatre: The Public Sphere as a Force of Commedification. [Plenary Lecture], Comedy and Society Conference, University of Hull , 22-NOV-14 - 23-NOV-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | For Us and for Our Salvation: René Girard and the Doctrine of Atonement’, Arpad Szakolczai (2014) Sacrifice and Atonement. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], For Us and for Our Salvation: René Girard and the Doctrine of Atonement’, Heythrop College, London , 07-NOV-14 - 08-NOV-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Religion, Mimesis and Violence: Perspectives on Girardian thought, Arpad Szakolczai (2014) Girard and political anthropology. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Religion, Mimesis and Violence: Perspectives on Girardian thought, Belfast , 30-MAY-14 - 30-MAY-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Emerging Receptions of Global Politics, Arpad Szakolczai (2014) Politics as theatricalisation: Modernity through anthropology. [Plenary Lecture], Emerging Receptions of Global Politics, Canterbury, UK , 15-MAY-14 - 16-MAY-14. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Affectivity and Liminality: Conceptualising the dynamics of suspended transition’, Szakolczai, Arpad (2013) Keynote speech. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Affectivity and Liminality: Conceptualising the dynamics of suspended transition’, University of SUssex, Brighton, UK , 17-NOV-13 - 19-NOV-13. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Possible Convergences, Szakolczai, Arpad (2013) On the Religious Roots of Modernity: Moving beyond Weber and Foucault. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Max Weber and Michel Foucault: Possible Convergences, Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences, University de São Paulo, Brazil , 20-MAY-13 - 24-MAY-13. [Details] | |
| (2012) | The Seventh Socratic Symposium on Plato's Philebus, Szakolczai, Arpad (2012) Plato’s Philebus: Between the Limit and the Unlimited’. [Invited Oral Presentation], The Seventh Socratic Symposium on Plato's Philebus, Department of Sociology. Cambridge, UK , 07-NOV-12 - 07-NOV-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | ‘State Crisis and Civil Consciousness in Greece’, Szakolczai, Arpad (2012) Main discussant of the project results. [Invited Oral Presentation], ‘State Crisis and Civil Consciousness in Greece’, University of Aegean, Mytilene, Greece , 25-OCT-12 - 25-OCT-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | The Third ‘Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization’ conference, Szakolczai, Arpad (2012) The Theatralisation of Everyday Life as Civilisational Pathology. [Plenary Lecture], The Third ‘Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization’ conference, University of Hull, UK , 13-SEP-12 - 15-SEP-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | Liminality, process and paradox in practice encounters, Szakolczai, Arpad (2012) Liminality, boundlessness, void: the seductiveness of trespassing the limits. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Liminality, process and paradox in practice encounters, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK , 26-JUN-12 - 26-JUN-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | The Third IPA Conference on Beauty, Szakolczai Arpad (2012) Introductory presentation entitled ‘Reclaiming Beauty’. [Invited Oral Presentation], The Third IPA Conference on Beauty, POLIS Department, Cambridge, UK , 25-MAY-12 - 25-MAY-12. [Details] | |
| (2011) | The Sixth Socratic Symposium on Plato's Laws, Szakolczai, Arpad (2011) Theatrocracy: From Ancient to Modern. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], The Sixth Socratic Symposium on Plato's Laws, POLIS Department, Cambridge, UK , 07-NOV-11 - 07-NOV-11. [Details] | |
| (2011) | The Fourth Workshop of International Political Anthropology, on `The Anthropology of Corruption as Forgery¿, Arpad Szakolczai (2011) Forging Words. [Conference Organising Committee Member], The Fourth Workshop of International Political Anthropology, on `The Anthropology of Corruption as Forgery¿, Cork, Ireland , 19-FEB-11 - 20-FEB-11. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Civiltà, culture, educazione. Le sfide della tarda modernità all'educazione, Arpad Szakolczai; (2011) Presentation entitled 'Città, Civiltà, e liminalità permanente: Educazione, il sacro, e la cure dei limiti'. [Oral Presentation], Civiltà, culture, educazione. Le sfide della tarda modernità all'educazione, LUMSA University, Rome, ITALY , 05-APR-11 - 05-APR-11. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Visions of Europe ¿ Perspectives from Ireland and abroad¿, the `Eighth Ralahine Utopian Studies Workshop¿, Arpad Szakolczai; (2011) Reflections on Europe and social theory. [Oral Presentation], 'Visions of Europe ¿ Perspectives from Ireland and abroad¿, the `Eighth Ralahine Utopian Studies Workshop¿, Limerick, Ireland , 25-FEB-11 - 25-FEB-11. [Details] | |
| (2010) | Workshop on `Civilisational Analysis: from Historical Sociology to Comparative Archaeology', David Wengrow, Johann Arnason, agnes Horvath, Arpad Szakolczai (2010) Introductory remarks entitled `Integrity, flourishing, corruptness and decay: Reading archaeological findings as symptoms of civilizational states'. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Workshop on `Civilisational Analysis: from Historical Sociology to Comparative Archaeology', Cork , 08-DEC-10 - 08-DEC-10. [Details] | |
| (2010) | `Social, Political and Human Integrity: Revisiting the European Integration Process', Arpad Szakolczai; (2010) Opening Presentation entitled 'European Identity and Integrity'. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], `Social, Political and Human Integrity: Revisiting the European Integration Process', Cork , 10-SEP-10 - 11-SEP-10. [Details] | |
| (2009) | `The Second Workshop of the International Political Anthropology' on `The Mask of the Contemporary', Arpad Szakolczai; (2009) Presentation entitled `The Mask of the Trickster Saviour'. [Conference Organising Committee Member], `The Second Workshop of the International Political Anthropology' on `The Mask of the Contemporary', Cork , 27-FEB-09 - 28-FEB-09. [Details] | |
| (2008) | The First Work-shop of International Political Anthropology, Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) Presentation entitled `The Experience of Home: The Background of Political Allegiance¿. [Conference Organising Committee Member], The First Work-shop of International Political Anthropology, Cork, Ireland , 28-FEB-08 - 29-FEB-08. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Workshop on Aesthetics, Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) Beautiful Grace, Utilitarian Rationalism and Democratic Egalitarianism as three Different Ordering Logics of Social Life. [Oral Presentation], Workshop on Aesthetics, Cork , 07-FEB-08 - 07-FEB-08. [Details] | |
| (2008) | St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) Renaissance Grace and the Trickster: Verrocchio, Leonardo and the Pollaiuolo brothers. [Oral Presentation], St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge , 30-JAN-08 - 30-JAN-08. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Dept of Sociology, UCC, Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) The Social Logic of Communism. [Oral Presentation], Dept of Sociology, UCC, UCC, Cork , 24-JAN-08 - 24-JAN-08. [Details] | |
| (2002) | 13th International Conference of Europeanists, organised by the Council for European Studies, Arpad Szakolczai; (2002) Paper entitled `Visions of Europe: European Identity and Global Ages'. [Invited Oral Presentation], 13th International Conference of Europeanists, organised by the Council for European Studies, Chicago, US , 14-MAR-02 - 16-MAR-02. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Dept of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) The Carnival Is Over. [Oral Presentation], Dept of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Kent , 16-JAN-08 - 16-JAN-08. [Details] | |
| (2008) | The 37th Congress of the Institut International de Sociologie, Arpad Szakolczai; (2008) The Schismogenesis of European Modernity: Renaissance, Reformation, and Secularisation. [Oral Presentation], The 37th Congress of the Institut International de Sociologie, Budapest , 26-JUN-08 - 29-JUN-08. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Cork, Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) Creativity, grace and the idea of Europe in historical perspective. [Oral Presentation], Cork, Cork , 16-MAR-07 - 16-MAR-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | , Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) Plato's Self-Overcoming: Law, Rationality and the Pleasure Principle in the Statesman'. [Oral Presentation], , Florence, Italy , 07-NOV-07 - 07-NOV-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Dept of Sociology, UCC, Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) A Sociology of Renaissance Grace. [Oral Presentation], Dept of Sociology, UCC, University College Cork, Ireland , 29-NOV-07 - 29-NOV-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Dept of Sociology, Catholic University, Milan, Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) Il Rinascimento e le religioni della grazia. [Oral Presentation], Dept of Sociology, Catholic University, Milan, Milan , 28-JUN-07 - 28-JUN-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Zsigmond Kemény Association, Marosvásárhely, Rumania, Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) Mario Alinei nyelvészeti kontinui-tás-elmélete (Mario Alinei's theory of linguistic continuity in the perspective of civilisational analysis). [Oral Presentation], Zsigmond Kemény Association, Marosvásárhely, Rumania, Marosvásárhely, Rumania , 24-FEB-07 - 24-FEB-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | The first Plato Symposium, Arpad Szakolczai; (2007) Co-organiser. [Conference Organising Committee Member], The first Plato Symposium, Florence, Italy , 07-NOV-07 - 07-NOV-07. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Workshop on `Health, Sustainable Development and the Idea of the Good Life¿, Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) Anxiety as the Experience of Modernity: Problematising Social Democracy. [Oral Presentation], Workshop on `Health, Sustainable Development and the Idea of the Good Life¿, Cork , 15-NOV-06 - 15-NOV-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Dept of Sociology, Catholic University, Milan, Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) Il Rinascimento e le origini della modernità. [Oral Presentation], Dept of Sociology, Catholic University, Milan, Milan , 23-MAY-06 - 23-MAY-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Department of Literature, Bolyai-Babes University, Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) Szinház és labirintus (Theatre and labyrinth). [Oral Presentation], Department of Literature, Bolyai-Babes University, Bolyai-Babes University , 23-FEB-06 - 23-FEB-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Jakabffy Foundation, Kolozsvár, Rumania, Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) A grácia szociologiája (A sociology of grace). [Oral Presentation], Jakabffy Foundation, Kolozsvár, Rumania, Kolozsvár, Rumania , 21-FEB-06 - 21-FEB-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | The first Plato Symposium, Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) Co-organiser. [Conference Organising Committee Member], The first Plato Symposium, Florence, Italy , 07-NOV-06 - 07-NOV-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | , Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) Gli interpreti degli interpreti. [Oral Presentation], , Florence, Italy , 07-NOV-06 - 07-NOV-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | , Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) Studying Liminality. [Oral Presentation], , Losinj, Croazia , 07-SEP-06 - 10-SEP-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | , Arpad Szakolczai; (2006) L'esperienza del tempo e dello spazio. [Oral Presentation], , Milan, Italy , 27-MAR-06 - 27-MAR-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Health, Sustainable Development and the Idea of the Good Life, Keohane, Kieran; Szakolczai, Arpad; Mullally, Gerard; (2006) Atlantic Universities Social Science Graduate Programme, One Day Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Health, Sustainable Development and the Idea of the Good Life, University College Cork , 15-NOV-06 - 15-NOV-06. [Details] | |
| (2005) | , Arpad Szakolczai; (2005) Experiencing crises: Health and spirituality in culture and civilisation. [Oral Presentation], , Allihies, Cork , 27-MAY-05 - 28-MAY-05. [Details] | |
| (2005) | The Gnostic Return in Modernity, Arpad Szakolczai; (2005) Gnosis and Modernity revisited. [Peer Reviewed Published Proceedings], The Gnostic Return in Modernity, Manchester, England , 01-JUL-05 - 02-JUL-05. [Details] | |
| (2005) | Dept Communication, Catholic University of Milan, Arpad Szakolczai; (2005) Dialogue with Francesco Casetti about my The Genesis of Modernity. [Oral Presentation], Dept Communication, Catholic University of Milan, Dept Communication, Catholic University of Milan , 27-SEP-05 - 27-SEP-05. [Details] | |
| (2005) | , Arpad Szakolczai; (2005) Gnosis and Modernity revisited. [Oral Presentation], , Manchester, UK , 01-JUL-05 - 02-JUL-07. [Details] | |
| (2005) | Dept Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Arpad Szakolczai; (2005) The experiential bases of thought. [Oral Presentation], Dept Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, University of Kent , 01-NOV-05 - 02-NOV-05. [Details] | |
| (2005) | Health Holism and Sustainable Development: Civilizational Crises and Cultural Change, Keohane, Kieran; Szakolczai, Arpad; Mullally, Gerard (2005) Interpretative Political Social Analysis Workshop with a Keynote Lecture from Prof. Harvie Ferguson 'A Brief History of Comfort'. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Health Holism and Sustainable Development: Civilizational Crises and Cultural Change, Ailihees , 27-MAY-05 - 29-MAY-05. [Details] | |
| (2004) | Dept Sociology, UCC, Arpad Szakolczai; (2004) Grace, Modernity, and the Sources of Europe. [Oral Presentation], Dept Sociology, UCC, UCC, Cork , 15-JAN-04 - 15-JAN-04. [Details] | |
| (2003) | Liberty Fund, Arpad Szakolczai; (2003) The Later Burke: The Animating Spirit of Constitutional Liberty. [Oral Presentation], Liberty Fund, Dublin, Ireland , 06-MAR-03 - 09-MAR-03. [Details] | |
| (2003) | Dept Sociology, Univ Padua, Arpad Szakolczai; (2003) Liminalità e communitas: Victor Turner e la sociologia della religione. [Oral Presentation], Dept Sociology, Univ Padua, Dept Sociology, Univ Padua , 08-APR-03 - 08-APR-03. [Details] | |
| (2003) | Dept Politics, Univ Padua, Arpad Szakolczai; (2003) Due età globale: la globalizzazione in contesto storico. [Oral Presentation], Dept Politics, Univ Padua, University of Padua , 09-APR-03 - 09-APR-03. [Details] | |
| (2003) | Dept Sociology, UCD, Arpad Szakolczai; (2003) The Genesis of Modernity. [Oral Presentation], Dept Sociology, UCD, Dept Sociology, UCD , 17-JAN-03 - 17-JAN-03. [Details] | |
| (2003) | Dept Sociology, Univ Trent, Arpad Szakolczai; (2003) Two global ages: globalisation in historical context. [Oral Presentation], Dept Sociology, Univ Trent, University of Trent , 29-APR-03 - 29-APR-03. [Details] | |
| (2002) | Religion and Modernity, Arpad Szakolczai; (2002) Presentation entitled `Modernity, Religion, and Two Ages of Globalisation'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Religion and Modernity, European Unversity Institute, Florence , 16-JUN-02 - 17-JUN-02. [Details] |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| University College Cork | Professor of Sociology | 01-OCT-98 / | |
| UCC | Acting Head of Department | 09-MAR-09 / 30-JUN-12 | |
| UCC | Head of Department (Sociology) | 01-OCT-98 / 30-SEP-03 | |
| European University Institute, Florence, Italy | Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor | 01-SEP-90 / 30-SEP-98 | |
| Research Fellow | Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | 01-JAN-88 / 31-AUG-90 |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | University of Texas at Austin | PhD | ||
| 1981 | University of Economics, Budapest | BA | Multi-variate analysis of the structure of the value system |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungarian Sociological Association | Member | 01-JAN-81 / | |
| Hungarian Political Science Association | Member | 01-JAN-90 / | |
| International Sociological Association | Member | / | |
| Associazione Marsilio Ficino | Secretary | / |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACRIC | member | 2015 / | |
| Budget and Strategy Committee | Head, then member | 2011 / | |
| Research and Innovation Committee | Member | 2012 / | |
| Post-Graduate Studies Committee | Member | 1998 / |
Teaching Activities
Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation Year | Student Name | Institution | Degree Type | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Julian Davis | UCC | PHD | The problem of the individual and the synthetic in Max Weber, Harold Cherniss, and Michel Foucault | |
| 2017 | Patricia Mc Grath’s | NUI (UCC) | PHD | The Irish Revolutionary Period as a Rite of Passage: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the State | |
| 2017 | Jesenko Tešan | NUI (UCC) | PHD | Perpetual Peace Treaty as War: A Study in Permanent Liminality | |
| 2016 | Camil Francisc Roman | University of Cambridge | PHD | The French Revolution as a Liminal Process: Towards a Political Anthropology of Radical Social Changes | |
| 2016 | Paul O'Connor | UCC | PHD | Home: The Foundations of Belonging | |
| 2015 | Amin Sharifi Isaloo | University College Cork | PHD | The Public Sphere and Symbols: Examining the Proposed Islamic Democracy in Iran, A Case Study of Ta’ziyeh in Ashura, Iran | |
| 2015 | Arvydas Grišinas | University of Kent at Canterbury | PHD | Transition in post-USSR Europe: The Human Factor in Political Identity Formation | |
| 2014 | James Cuffe | UCC | PHD | Zones of Interpretative Development: A Developmental Theory of Cultural Transmission via Communications Technology’ | |
| 2014 | Marius Benta | UCC | PHD | The Multiple Reality: A Critical Study on Alfred Schutz’s Sociology of the Finite Provinces of Meaning’ | |
| 2012 | Acomo Oloya | University of Bristol | PhD | HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment among War-affected and Internally Displaced Populations: The case of Acoliland, Northern Uganda’ | |
| 2011 | George Sotiropoulos | University of Kent at Canterbury | PHD | Eric Voegelin and the Politics of Truth | |
| 2011 | Brian Finucane | UCC | PHD | Unmasking Nietzsche: Exploring the Symbolism of the Death of God | |
| 2008 | Ion Wittrock | European University Institute | PHD | Beyond Burgenland and Kakanien? Post-National Politics in Europe: Political Justification and Critical Deliberation | |
| 2008 | Alex Dogliotti | UCC | PHD | The Foundation of Social Order: from Gift-Giving to Chaos Theory | |
| 2008 | James Shillabeer | University of Kent at Canterbury | PHD | Self-knowledge, Immunity and Conversion | |
| 2008 | Rocco Avolio | The University of Bologna | DIPLOMA | Il ruolo degli intellettuali nella campana elettorale del 2006 | |
| 2007 | Paolo Bonari | The University of Bologna | Diploma | Comunicare la verità | |
| 2006 | Pat Twomey | UCC | PHD | Conversion as Transformative Experience: A Sociological Study of Identity Formation and Transformation Processes | |
| 2006 | Tom Boland | UCC | PHD | The Romanticism of Critical Subjectivity | |
| 2006 | Emilia Palonen | The University of Essex at Colchester | PHD | Reading Budapest: Political Polarisation in Contemporary Hungary | |
| 2005 | Kalliopi Kyriakopoulou | University of Kent at Canterbury | PHD | Liminality and the “re-entry of the real”: An analysis of internet chat-rooms | |
| 2004 | Vasilia Antoniou | European University Institute | PHD | Does History Matter? Temporal and Spatial Projections of the Nation and Identity in Post-1974 Greek Elementary School History Textbooks | |
| 2004 | Margaret Mantl | European University Institute | PHD | Perfection as Performance: Inquiry into the Social Construction of the Idea of Perfection | |
| 2002 | Vincenzo Pavone | University of Kent at Canterbury | Diploma | The Global Politics of Knowledge: The History and Contemporary Relevance of Scientific Humanism | |
| 2002 | Lionel Thélen | European University Institute | PHD | Du déni des autres à l’exil de soi: Le sans-abrism en Belgique, en France et au Portugal | |
| 2002 | Edmund Ramsden | European University Institute | PHD | Between Quality and Quantity: Eugenics and the Evolution of American Demography as a Scientific Discipline, 1927-1972 | |
| 2001 | Bjorn Thomassen | European University Institute | PHD | The Borders and Boundaries of the Julian region: Narrating self and nation from the fringes of the Italo-Slav border | |
| 2001 | József Lőrincz | European University Institute | PHD | Letters to the editor: the values guiding an East European minority during transition | |
| 2000 | Anja Hänsch | European University Institute | PHD | Symbolic orders of birth-giving | |
| 2000 | Knut Mittendorfer | European University Institute | PHD | Mimesis, Christian Spirituality and Modernity | |
| 1997 | Harald Wydra | European University Institute | PHD | Stranded on the Threshold of 1989: The Rise and Fall of Antagonists in Poland’s Permanent Transition | |
| 1996 | Sebastian Rinken | European University Institute | PHD | AIDS, mortality, and the self | |
| 1996 | Roberta Sassatelli | European University Institute | PHD | Pratiche ed esperienze di consumo: Palestra, disciplina e cultura del corpo | |
| 1997 | Luca Guzzetti | European University Institute | PHD | La delegittimazione della conoscenza scientifica: normatività, frodi e controlli nella scienza | |
| 1997 | Stefan Rossbach | European University Institute | PHD | Gnostic Wars: The Cold War in the Context of a History of Western Spirituality | |
| 1996 | Monica Greco | European University Institute | PHD | Illness as a work of thought: the emergence of a modern problem |