The Stranger at Hand (Paperback): Antisemitic Prejudices in Post-Communist Hungary - Couverture rigide

Kovács, András

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004191941 ISBN 13 : 9789004191945

Editeur : Brill, 2010

Synopsis

In 2010 an extremist party with openly racist views, using barely concealed antisemitic language, received 17% of the votes in the parliamentary elections in Hungary. How can this awkward development in a newly established European democracy be explained? In this book the author examines antisemitism in post-communist Hungary in light of the empirical sociological studies of the past 20 years. The principal aim is to reconstruct the range, intensity and content of anti-Jewish prejudices as well as the factors affecting their change over time. The author also reveals the social background against which the newest political developments should be analyzed, and helps to determine whether in Hungary today antisemitism is only an ephemeral, temporary phenomenon or a gradually articulating, dynamic political ideology.

"...his work is indispensable for understanding politics and its historical, social, and cultural background in contemporary Hungary." Gabor T. Rittersporn

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

András Kovács, PhD (1973) in Sociology, ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary, Doctor of Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is Professor at Central European University, Budapest and senior researcher in the Institute for Ethnic and Minority Research at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His main research fields include Jewish identity and antisemitism in post-war Europe, socio-economic attitudes, and political choice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004191941
• ISBN 13: 9789004191945
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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