nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/37ce561a217f0157 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250203s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/37ce561a217f0157 doi eng 342 23 Pető, Andrea Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-7525-2582 Four Reasons Why Illiberal Politics Appropriated the Memory of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution Pető, Andrea Verfassungsblog 2025-02-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In this contribution, I am analysing the reasons for the appropriation of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. I argue 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 made the narrative vulnerable to illiberal appropriation. CC BY-SA 4.0 Balázs Orbán | 1986– | Jurist; Politologe Leyen Ursula von der | 1958– | Politikerin; Ärztin Orban Orban Victor | 1868– Russland Russland Shared Memory Ukraine Ukraine Ungarischer Volksaufstand | 1956 Ungarn Ungarn Viktor Orbán historical memory (DE-588)1325708593 gnd Balázs Orbán | 1986– | Jurist; Politologe (DE-588)130338303 gnd Leyen Ursula von der | 1958– | Politikerin; Ärztin (DE-588)126669260 gnd Orban (DE-588)1055472568 gnd Orban Victor | 1868– (DE-588)4076899-5 gnd Russland (DE-588)4061496-7 gnd Ukraine (DE-588)4127049-6 gnd Ungarischer Volksaufstand | 1956 (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/four-reasons-why-illiberal-politics-appropriated-the-memory-of-1956-hungarian-revolution/ raw object