After ten years of work we can state, in retrospect, that the method of self-knowledge-communication-conflict resolution works well even in ethnically and religiously mixed groups. There is a detail description in the article about the using of the psychodrama in such training work. During this period more than 1200 citizens of Slovak and Hungarian nationality participated in these trainings in Slovakia. Another 500 participants were Roma origin both from Slovakia and Hungary. In the article there is brief evaluation about our training activities in Israel, Belorus and Uzbegistan. The majority of participants in the training were local opinion leaders. Teachers and students comprised the majority of participants. A year later most of the participants reported positive outcome as a result of the training. We believe that this kind of training could have a domino effect and would contribute to reducing conflicts and potential conflicts between individuals, ethnic groups and nations. continue reading →
The author in his research focuses on the Hungarian-Hungarian relationship from a social-psychological aspect. He points out that prior to 1989 Hungary was not able to practice a real national politics towards the ethnic Hungarians living outside the borders. In 1989 a serious political and social turning point came about in Central-Eastern-Europe. Due to this change the political elit in Hungary more and more often discussed the destiny and present situation of the ethnic Hungarians. The author talks about these political manifestations and suggests that in most cases solemn tone and a simplified approach was dominant instead of well-functioning solutions. The paper also talks about the so called Hungarian advantage law and its psychological aspects. The author analyzes the relationship between the mother country and the Hungarians living outside the borders after the W. W. I. and the Trianon-pact. He points out that it was a dependent relationship on the part of ethnic Hungarians with all its negative side effects. However, the Hungarian national politics keeps alive and feeds this dependency. This situation keeps the ethnic Hungarians in infancy. The group of symptoms that was brought about by dependency and by this state of infancy is called EIDS (ethnic... continue reading →
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