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National Narcissism

The intersection of the nationalist cult and gender in Hungary

Eric Beckett Weaver (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2006
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-03910-726-1 (ISBN)

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lt;i>National Narcissism offers a groundbreaking anthropological and sociological approach to nationalism through an exposé of the belief systems and psychology of extreme nationalists for whom nationalism is a form of religion. This theoretical approach is illustrated with examples primarily taken from Hungary, with a special focus in two chapters on the role of gender in nationalism. The state of politics and society in Hungary is also examined in a way that steps beyond the usual simplistic, flat narratives of 'what Hungarians are like', by stressing the broad variety of viewpoints current in Hungarian society, the milieu in which a small minority of extreme nationalists are able to make their voice heard out of proportion to their numbers or political support.
The theory offered by National Narcissism has wide-ranging implications for the future study of extremist nationalism in nation-states throughout the world. Sociologists, anthropologists, nationalism studies specialists, social-psychologists, and historians of the recent past in Hungary will find that this theoretical book, richly illustrated with examples from Hungarian society, challenges positive and negative stereotypes about nationalism, extremism, post-communism, central and eastern Europe, the European Union and, not least, about Hungarians themselves.

The Author: Eric Beckett Weaver is currently carrying out research on Hungary in Budapest and in Oxford, at St Antony's College. His studies, analyses, translations and poetry have been published in a variety of forums and languages. He is the curator of two highly acclaimed exhibitions, Ph.D. Nationalism (Belgrade, 1998), and Kosovo/a: The media war (Budapest, 2000). He is a member of the board or managing committee of several academic societies dealing with central and south-eastern Europe.

Contents: Nationalist Extremism as a Historical Heritage - Motherland and Collective Memory - Irredentism and Extremism in Hungary - Extremism and Beliefs in Historical Primacy - The Failure of Nationalist Politics - Traditional and New Nationalist Gender Discourse - National Narcissism Inside and Outside the E.U.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.3.2006
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	350 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Beckett • Cult • Eric • Extremism /Hungary • Gender • Geschlechterrolle • Hardcover, Softcover / Politikwissenschaft/Politische Wissenschaft, Politische B • HC/Politikwissenschaft/Politische Wissenschaft, Politische Bildung • Historical Heritage • Hungary • Intersection • Irredentism /Hungary • Motherland /Collective Memory • Narcissism • national • Nationalismus • Nationalist • Nationalist Extremism • Sozialanthropologie • Ungarn • weaver
ISBN-10	3-03910-726-7 / 3039107267
ISBN-13	978-3-03910-726-1 / 9783039107261
Zustand	Neuware