The Poetics of Heterogeneous Bodies in Contemporary Hungarian Literature

Abstract

In contemporary Hungarian literature, an increasingly important role is played by post-humanist-anthropocene forms of literary expression, the starting point of which is biological operations performed on the body. The bodily transformations that change the anthropological and evolutionary picture of man are accompanied by new biological constructs and power relations, as a result of which animal life forms acquire hybrid identities. Three Hungarian novels are discussed in the work: My Hero’s Square (2000) by Lajos Parti Nagy, A patkány éve [Year of the Rat] (2013) by Imre Bartók, Irha és bőr [Hide and Skin] (2019) by Anita Moskát. Their analysis is set in the context of posthumanism, ecocriticism and postmodernism.

Towards AUKUS Collaboration on Responsible Military Artificial Intelligence: Co-Design and Co-Development of AI Among the United States, the UK and Australia

“…144 Indeed, costs might ultimately extend beyond the economic context to, for example, dependency on partner supply chains, toleration of delays as a result of onerous coordination requirements and, significantly, surrender of some level of national autonomy. 145 These are of particular importance under an such agreement as AUKUS because junior and senior partner dynamics, whether for Pillar One or Pillar Two, inform the parameters of the agreement. The agreement is built on existing collaborative architectures, such as NTIB, which have known obstructions and inadequacies because they 'posit allies as junior partners with limited value-add to matters of defence industry and technology collaboration'.…”

“…146 If this is not sufficiently addressed, it can have significant implications for the extent to which AUKUS fosters interoperability and harmony across the complex processes and requirements that, Nemeth argues, are factors that 'must be positioned at the forefront of multinational capability development programs from the beginning'. 147 Each party has a unique strategic intent regarding the agreement and affords weight to different sovereign dimensions. Hence, there must be clarity on alliance management and dynamics and whether AUKUS is best used, as one commentator has expressed, 'as a battering ram or a surgical scalpel'.…”