The Hungarian Debate on 1989
- The debate on the significance of the events of 1989 has so far taken place only within the realm of politics. The governing Fidesz party is attempting to reinterpret the events, which up to now have been ascribed a mostly positive connotation, and to re-tell them and the subsequent period of transition as a period of crisis that ended only with Viktor Orbán's victory in the elections of 2010. The article scrutinizes why the new interpretations of 1989 are relatively popular and wonders whyThe debate on the significance of the events of 1989 has so far taken place only within the realm of politics. The governing Fidesz party is attempting to reinterpret the events, which up to now have been ascribed a mostly positive connotation, and to re-tell them and the subsequent period of transition as a period of crisis that ended only with Viktor Orbán's victory in the elections of 2010. The article scrutinizes why the new interpretations of 1989 are relatively popular and wonders why academic circles have not reacted much to the issues raised.…
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0012 |
| Creator and project details | |
| Author: | Arpad von KlimoGND |
| Publisher: | Imre Kertész Kolleg |
| Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
| Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| Title details | |
| Title (English): | The Hungarian Debate on 1989 |
| Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
| Note: | Bei Interesse an einer Wiederveröffentlichung wenden Sie sich bitte an das Imre Kertész Kolleg: imre-kertesz-kolleg@uni-jena.de zwecks Nutzungsrechten. |
| Release Date: | 2019/01/03 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2018/10/08 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2014/01/14 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject indexing | |
| DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
| Tag: | Europe; history Fidesz; Hungary; Orban; regime change; revolution |
| GND Keyword: | Ungarn; Regimewechsel; Revolution; Orbán, Viktor; Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége; Europäische Union; Geschichte |
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| File Size: | 288 KB |
| MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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| Licence / Usage Agreement (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
