An attempted synthesis. On the social structure of Ferenc Erdei's Peasants

• Authors: Bognar B.
• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

The study examines the approach towards society of one of the most significant works of the Hungarian social scientific thinking entitled 'Peasants', and tries to find answers to the following question: To what extent did Erdei succeed in describing the peculiarities of the peasantry and the peasant society in his comprehensive work? Having analysed the aspects of society and the notion of peasantry, Erdei's typology on the peasantry in the great European regions does not seem to reflect the features in this region. The study points out that Erdei combined the peculiarities of social development in Hungary with the features of peasantry independent from regions. It is pointed out throughout the examination of the texts that Erdei's viewpoint on the development of the Hungarian society and the peasantry needs to be criticized. The study concludes that the failure of Erdei's synthesis can be explained by his political inclination, that is, the programme of social reform based on the peasantry.

Keywords

EN

ERDEI FERENC ('PEASANTS'); ERDEI'S TYPOLOGY ON PEASANTRY; SOCIAL REFORM BASED ON PEASANTRY

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Department of Economics and Law, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Tarsadalomkutatas (Social Science Research)
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 171-191
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bognar B.

• B. Bognar, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07HUAAAA02785675