Six Degrees of Separation and Connectedness, 1e

Szekacs-Weisz
Karnac Books Limited
130 pages
ISBN: 9781800134614
September 2026

Judit Szekacs-Weisz brings us a collection of her papers that she places into the context of her personal narrative, exposing the unknown and surprising alongside the familiar. She explores the many facets of survival, fairy tales, art, dreams, trauma, family secrets, memory, migration, and the lessons we learn from history. She opens our eyes to the experiences of the ‘foreigner’ learning about new cultures and languages and their exposure to otherness and shame. How working in a “second” language gives an acute sensitivity to the many layers of the spoken and written word. How fairy tales allow us to move between reality and fantasy to open up a deeper emotional and societal layer for exploration. How dreams open a door to our unconscious and wider society. How past generations impact on the present-day. The effects of migration, a topic that echoes ever stronger today. The book interweaves new and published papers with musings and reconnections to earlier ideas that take the reader on a journey through the past to the present and future. It helps build a rounded conception of reality at a time where it is harder to know what is real and what is not. The book is strengthened by a selected bibliography which features many authors not known in the “Western” professional discourse. Six Degrees of Separation and Connectedness: Searching for Meaning in Living Society and Culture is the ideal book for those looking to gain greater understand of who we are, what shapes us, and how we connect to others.