On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Angelus Novus wrote:
> (forwarded from Principia Dialectica)
>
> G. M. Tamas — author of the groundbreaking Telling the Truth about Class as well
> as a myriad of other publications, has been a member of the Institute of
> Philosophy at the Hungarian Academy (and is one of the institute’s past chairs)
> and is the latest victim of a right-wing purge. He was asked recently, at the
> age of 62, by the new chair (an analytical philosopher of language) to resign,
> on the pretext of his lack of formal foreign language competency certificate
> (he speaks exquisite English, German, French, and also publishes regularly in
> these three languages, and is also fluent in Latin and classical Greek) and
> lack of sufficient “professional” publications (obviously, Socialist Register
> etc. are not deemed professional and are politically suspect). Unfortunately,
> the petition has not been translated into English, but please sign it and
> please get others to put their name to it as a matter of urgency.
>
> www.petitiononline.com/MTAFKInt/
Yikes. Here's what Google translate does with it. That thing isn't so good:
Hungarian to English translation
John Boros, Institute of Philosophical Research Institute earlier this year appointed director sokadszor now declare it unfit for cultivation in the occupation of the majority of researchers of the Institute, most recently, the radio announced the public about them, unaware that the alphabet of their work.
The philosophy of our friends, professionals and non professionals, border and beyond, to his stake in Hungarian philosophy of cultural diversity, freedom and quality of preservation of protest signed by John Boros latter decades of the Academy's unprecedented run amok, leading to dozens of labor disputes against the authoritarianism of office.
John Boros (1) Research Institute of the daily routine of workers' rights has tiprását feet, the confrontation of the threat, deceit, abuse of managerial power, and now also by the Ombudsman's Act alkotmánysértõnek certified encryption;
(2) In the summer of this year, in an arbitrary way, in retaliation to counter-opinions "unfit" to classify the nearly two-thirds of researchers at the Institute (including kandidátusokat, professors, academic doctors, including - a political motive is likely - all of Luke Archives researcher), in a secret qualifying procedure, which limited the validity of legal solicitude and the director himself later acknowledged, and that the director's employer, Brandy Joseph, chairman of the MTA is confirmed;
Nevertheless, (3) days of the Institute of Philosophy and the Committee's warning, Mr. President, Joseph Palinkas clearly stated its position to disregard the five researchers (Francis Alexander, Paul Horvath, Laki John Hollis Miklos Gaspar Tamas Miklos) removal - and a further prospect of a kick - Philosophical Studies szétdúlását started the MTA.
Already started signing to join the domestic and international protest, and ask the Academy's management that does not look idly on the river at the Research Institute of Philosophy, substantiation of any professional hardship, the Rules and the law run amok.