Hungary in State of Exception: Authoritarian Neoliberalism from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy to the COVID-19 Crisis

Attila Antal

doi:10.5771/9781793652287

Summary

Hungary in State of Exception seeks to analyze the transboundary exchange of political and economic ideas through the global neoliberal hegemonic struggle. Neoliberalism, as a economic and political ideology, defined the history of Hungary not just in the 21st century, but in the troubled 20th century. Eastern Europe played a crucial role in neoliberalism’s rise to control globalized capitalism, and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have constantly an incubator of and experimental laboratory for new types of neoliberal capitalism. Antal arguesthat neoliberalism, like populism, is historically embedded in Hungarian political history, its the political form is economic and governmental exceptionalism. This book reveals the common history of Western- and Eastern-style neoliberalism from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the contemporary COVID-19 crisis. Without emphasis on the century of neoliberalization of CEE, the contemporary rise of regional authoritarianism cannot be understood. Antal also details the relationship between Orbán’s rise and contemporary neoliberal politics in CEE.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-5227-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-5228-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 156
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. List of Abbreviations No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
Neoliberalism as a Permanent State of Exception No access Pages 7 - 28
The Heritage of the Habsburg Empire No access Pages 29 - 42
Neoliberalization of State Socialism No access Pages 43 - 86
The Neoliberalization of 1989 and the Collapse of System of Regime Change No access Pages 87 - 102
Authoritarian Populism, Neoliberalism, and Exceptional Measures No access Pages 103 - 130
Conclusion No access Pages 131 - 138
Bibliography No access Pages 139 - 150
Index No access Pages 151 - 154
About the Author No access Pages 155 - 156