Read Prof. Pető on the anti-liberal appropriation of the 1956 Hungarian revolution

Prof. Pető has recently published on Verfassungsblog | On Matters Constitutional, a journalistic and academic forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany. 

In the contribution, Andrea Pető analyzes the reasons for the anti-liberal appropriation of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. She argues that these reasons are four-fold: First, the memory of 1956 has been divided from the start. Second, half of the population, namely women, were excluded from this memory. Third, the revolution was a bottom-up event. Fourth, the transition after 1990 was built on the concept of authenticity and truth making the narrative vulnerable to illiberal appropriation.

Read here the complete text.