Tamás Demeter is Professor at the Sociology Department of the University of Pécs. He has published widely on the sociological tradition of Hungarian philosophy, and on early modern philosophy including its sociological context. He is the author of David Hume and the Culture of Scottish Newtonianism (Brill, 2016), and co-editor of Conflicting Values of Inquiry (Brill, 2015).

• Preface Acknowledgement List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1Futures Present: On the Concepts of "Intellectuals" and "Intelligentsia" in Iván Szelényi 's Oeuvre Gil Eyal 2Normative Frames and Systemic Imperatives: Gouldner, Szelényi and New Class Fracture Michael D. Kennedy 3New Class Theory as Sociology of Knowledge Tamás Demeter 4How to become a Dominant or Even Iconic Central and East European Sociologist Karmo Kroos 5Inequality and Transitions: Human Frailty in a Sample of Prisoners Bruce Western 6Neoclassical Sociology Meets Polanyian Political Economy Dorothee Bohle and Béla Greskovits 7Mechanisms of Institutional Change Victor Nee 8Transitions and Structural Distortions Tamás Kolosi 9The Ouvrierist Szelényi and the Missing Sociology of Labor David Ost 10Replies and Comments Iván Szelényi Index