Each issue contains essays on current theory, history, an exchange of topics, as well as one or two book reviews.
The magazine was founded in the summer of 1956 Aurél Bernáth, Tibor Déry, Gyula Illyés, Zoltán Kodály, and Georg Lukacs, and István Mészáros – a disciple of Lukács - was asked to be acting editor.
Since 1993 editor in chief was László Andor, since 2009 also European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
It aims to represent social solidarity, individual freedom and human dignity.
Eszter Bartha, Péter Bózsó, Ádám Fülöp, Gábor Kállai R., Matthias I. Köhler, Tamás Krausz (chairperson), Győző Lugosi (executive director), Zoltán Matheika, Éva Nagy, Klára Szarka, Péter Szigeti