Új Pedagógiai Szemle

In the role of critic the sociologist in culture distinguishes five types of writings. First, those of authors who consider themselves representatives of conservative pedagogy, whose writings he considers much more ideologists and culture warriors than practitioners and investigators of the science of pedagogy. Second, the author deals with the writings of educational researchers who are critical of them, presenting facts, arguments, and sometimes irony, which are rightly missing from the ideological treatise that misuses the adjective conservative. The writing of Kristóf Nyíri, who considers himself a conservative, can be classified in a separate category, which is the more nuanced and reflective writing in the volume, which is able to rise above the various dichotomies. László Trencsényi with sorrowfulness lists the innovations and realized utopias of Hungarian pedagogy of the past half century, which seem to be increasingly disappearing from the pedagogical discourse. seems to be falling out of the public discourse in educational science. Finally, philosopher Endre Kiss comments on the writings in the volume with Swift irony and convinces the reviewer that in this case it is not conservatism and progressivism that are at odds, but universalism and particularism. And the latter pitfall can be stumbled upon not only by ideologists, but also by scientists.