From defying to (re-)defining Europe in Viktor Orbán's discourse about the past
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00472441221115565" target="_blank" >10.1177/00472441221115565</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From defying to (re-)defining Europe in Viktor Orbán's discourse about the past
Original language description
One of the salient features of the recent populist turn in Europe has been a redefinition of the European. Traditionally, (far) right-wing parties defined themselves as Eurosceptic and focused on national identity. Increasingly, however, they have referred to pan-European heritage, although against the mainstream conceptualization of it. The article looks at the case of Hungary and the image of Europe constructed by the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose rhetoric has become a key reference point for other European populist movements. The past decade his government has witnessed, on the one hand, a tendency to redefine what is European against the dominant and institutionalized interpretations, and, on the other, an attempt to single-out the concept of Central Europe as the locus for maintaining and nurturing European values in contrast to perceived Western decline. This paper examines this discourse through a close reading of major speeches delivered by Orbán on the anniversaries of historical events. Analysis of these speeches reveals the ideological foundations of his political project and presents historical and philosophical interpretations of the European political situation. It seeks to identify how Orbán's discourse evolved across time, by putting the speeches about the past into the present political context.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of European Studies
ISSN
0047-2441
e-ISSN
1740-2379
Volume of the periodical
52
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3-4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
255-271
UT code for WoS article
000893916200007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85139031175