The Politics of Memory, Historical Populism and the Crisis of Democracy. Hungary and Poland Against the Backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe
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RIS BIB ENDNOTEPopulizm historyczny i kryzys demokracji. Węgry i Polska na tle Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Publication date: 12.2022
Central European and Balkan Studies, 2022, Vol. XXXI, pp. 81 - 103
https://doi.org/10.4467/2543733XSSB.22.004.16706Authors
Populizm historyczny i kryzys demokracji. Węgry i Polska na tle Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
The Politics of Memory, Historical Populism and the Crisis of Democracy. Hungary and Poland Against the Backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe
Firstly, the author analyzes those resources of historical memory that distinguish Hungary and Poland from the other states of Central and Eastern Europe. On the one hand, these resources most strongly associate them with the West, and on the other, they allow them to oppose it to justify their alternative development path. Secondly, he analyzes the cases of populists of various types across the region since 1989, highlighting those who campaigned with interpretations of the past to delegitimize political opponents, mainly from the left. Finally, and thirdly, he presents policies of memory of the right-wing governments of Hungary and Poland. In his opinion only they meet the criteria for the definition of historical populism. This term is what he calls a consistent governmental policy aimed at liberal elites and globalization as embodied by the West. It is conducted by changing the sense given to the entire past following the ideology of ethnocentrism and neo-traditionalism. This ideology is addressed to people-nation (lat. populus) to whom it assigns the role of an heir of a unique history and national tradition.
Keywords: politics of memory, historical culture, populism, historical populism, crisis of democracy.
Information: Central European and Balkan Studies, 2022, Vol. XXXI, pp. 81 - 103
Article type: Original article
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Populizm historyczny i kryzys demokracji. Węgry i Polska na tle Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
The Politics of Memory, Historical Populism and the Crisis of Democracy. Hungary and Poland Against the Backdrop of Central and Eastern Europe
Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Published at: 12.2022
Article status: Open
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND
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