On Great Hungary and the importance of minor geopolitical traditions

Antonsich, Marco; Szálkai, Kinga

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.10.005

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“…While the irredentist message of the 1000year borders theme was ubiquitous in the interwar period, this has now been largely (at least by the political mainstream) been partly been converted into an argument for greater autonomy for Hungarian communities in the region, although the ethnopolitical attempt to promote transnational citizenship has been highly criticized by neighbouring states (Hajdú 2018). Moreover, the 1000year borders idea resonates at an everyday level through the evocation of historical memories and images of past greatness and longevity (Antonsich, Szalkai 2014).…”

Section: Legacies Of the Past And Critical Border Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hungarian Border Research as a reflection of European integration and regional transformation

Scott

2022

TéT

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This paper discusses ways in which Hungarian border studies have reflected processes of post-1989 transformation by moving towards a contextual perspective on diaerent border-making (bordering) processes. Traditionally, Hungarian border studies, and with them geographical conceptualizations of Hungarian state spaces, have reflected changing historical and political contexts as well as dominant scientific paradigms that have shifted with time. In the past, this has also manifested itself in varying degrees of environmental determinism and ethno-nationalism. In the contemporary context, Hungarian border studies have developed a plural, multilevel as well as critical focus that interlinks diaerent areas where borders are politically and socially relevant. As will be elaborated in the following, several conceptualisations of Hungary’s border situation have emerged that reflect: 1) new cross-border economic, political and social spaces, 2) the influence of European integration on Hungary’s politics of borders and 3) the symbolic significance of contemporary and historical borders. These concepts, which will be dealt with below, express both historical continuity as well as conceptual innovation deriving from more recent experience. Above all, the development of Hungarian border studies, particularly since 1989, is of particular significance as it manifests a shift from an ‘introverted’ perspective to a conceptualization of Hungary both as a nation-state and as a borderlands society within contemporary Europe. This contribution makes no attempt at comprehensiveness and it is, admittedly, a highly selective overview of a very rich and multidisciplinary research field. In the interest of brevity, attention will focus on only a few representative strands of investigation that, in my view, have been formative in the more recent development of Hungarian border studies.

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Section: Legacies Of the Past And Critical Border Studiesmentioning

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Hungarian Border Research as a reflection of European integration and regional transformation

Scott

2022

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“…The Nordic tradition in geography could probably best be described as a "minor" one (cf. Antonsich & Szalkai, 2014), and it would be tempting to claim an underdog position. With good reason, several contributions to this book problematise the hegemony of Anglophone geography in terms of language, theory and academic practices, such as publishing.…”

Section: A Certain Nordic Legacymentioning

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Geographies and Theories of Geography: An Introduction

Jakobsen

Larsen

2022

Socio-Spatial Theory in Nordic Geography

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Approaching Nordic human geography as an evolving community of practice with strong historical-geographical legacies, this chapter introduces the two overarching themes of the book. On the one hand, we foreground how geography has been, and is, theorised in Nordic human geography, particularly (but not exclusively) as socio-spatial theory. On the other hand, if often intersecting with the former, we seek to highlight the importance of historical-geographical context in geographical theorising and research. Following from this, and acknowledging that the balancing of these themes differs between the individual contributions, the chapter outlines the approach of the book.

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“…Hungary and Australia have different national histories and systemic provisions of early childhood education and care (ECEC), which makes a comparative approach particularly interesting. The historical border of Greater Hungary changed under the Treaty of Trianon (1920) reducing Hungary to less than two-thirds of its territory (Antonsich & Szalkai, 2014). Re-creating the pre-Trianon nation thrives in the national imaginary even today.…”

Section: National Imaginaries and Ecec Systems In Hungary And Australiamentioning

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Learning Nation in Early Childhood Education: Multi-Sited Comparison between Pedagogies of Nation in Australia and Hungary

Millei

Lappalainen

2019

European Education

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This study investigates how nation is taught, learned, practiced, and performed in early childhood educational settings in Australia and Hungary. Analysis, based on comparative multi-sited ethnography, reveals nationhood as a taken for granted, unreflexively promoted framework for organising social life. The 'pedagogy of nation' operates in different ways in these two settings.In Australia, it draws on contemporary patterns of lifestyle, whereas in Hungary it rekindles past traditions within contemporary global flows of culture. The paper concludes by calling for the relevance of revealing everyday nationalism in institutions for young children and for reflexivity to trouble its exclusionary forms.

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On Great Hungary and the importance of minor geopolitical traditions

Cited by 7 publications

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Hungarian Border Research as a reflection of European integration and regional transformation

Hungarian Border Research as a reflection of European integration and regional transformation

Geographies and Theories of Geography: An Introduction

Learning Nation in Early Childhood Education: Multi-Sited Comparison between Pedagogies of Nation in Australia and Hungary

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