The Cultural Sociology of Hungarian National Conservatism
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Citation | SZALÓ, Csaba. The Cultural Sociology of Hungarian National Conservatism. In Pavel Barša, Zora Hesová, Ondřej Slačálek. Central European Culture Wars : Beyond Post-Communism and Populism. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2021, p. 84-126. Humanitas, 15th vol. ISBN 978-80-7671-034-4. |
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| Description | The lasting support of the Orbán regime refers to more than expressions of social and individual interests; it is grounded in cultural structures of solidarity holding together his electorate and apparatus. This text offers a cultural interpretation of Hungarian national conservative discourse, outlining how a set of interpretive communities was unified into a political community of Viktor Orbán’s followers. My aim is more hermeneutical than explanatory; that is, it works toward the reconstruction of meanings that make Viktor Orbán’s political authority comprehensible and acceptable for his allies as well as for his constituency. |
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