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How does a right-wing authoritarian government gain legitimacy and support in society? And what options are available to dissenters in an increasingly authoritarian environment? It is these two critical questions we propose to discuss based on several years of (both joint and separate) ethnographic research in Hungary since the country’s authoritarian turn in 2010. In relation to popular support, we will emphasize the strategic alignment of the state with dominant values, a selective politics of care that offered solutions to pressing social problems, and state-enabled clientelism as a means of garnering loyalty in rural areas. In relation to dissent, we will highlight the ways in which solidarity groups and activists have been involved in the regeneration of social responsibility and public discourse, with particular reference to the experience of municipalism in the capital city.
Prof dr. Margit Feischmidt is senior researcher at HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence and teaches as full professor at Institute for Communication and Media Studies, University of Pécs. She is a recurrent visiting professor at Central European University Nationalism Studies Program. She investigates civic forms of solidarity with migrants and refugees.
Kristóf Szombati is a scholar and practitioner with expertise in right-wing politics and authoritarianism. He has published extensively on the subject and hosts the This Authoritarian Life podcast. He is Editor at the Review of Democracy and currently works as a researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Ort:
Institut für Europäische Ethnologie Wien
Hanuschgasse 3, 1010 Wien
Seminarraum 1
Livestream online verfügbar unter: euroethnologie.univie.ac.at
Die Gesprächsreihe Leben in autoritären Zeiten: Kulturwissenschaftliche Analysen und kulturelle Interventionen ist eine Kooperation mit dem Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der Universität Wien und findet im Rahmen des Programms Through the Dark statt.
