Abstract
Spatialisation offers a fertile tool with which to approach the conflicted and embattled politics of remembrance in contemporary Hungary, analysed by Jeffrey Murer (“Four Monuments and a Funeral: Pathological Mourning and Collective Memory in
Contemporary Hungary”). The four memorials and a funeral site, which Murer refers to in his chapter’s title, are all positioned in walking distance from one another in Budapest’s city centre. They all can be understood as the material renderings of the Hungarians’ struggle with their unfinished, conflicted past. Contending interpretations of this past are thus inscribed into the urban space, where they disseminate undigested affective states amongst Budapest’s inhabitants. In this way memorials can be seen to play an active role in Hungary’s ongoing authoritarian turn.
Contemporary Hungary”). The four memorials and a funeral site, which Murer refers to in his chapter’s title, are all positioned in walking distance from one another in Budapest’s city centre. They all can be understood as the material renderings of the Hungarians’ struggle with their unfinished, conflicted past. Contending interpretations of this past are thus inscribed into the urban space, where they disseminate undigested affective states amongst Budapest’s inhabitants. In this way memorials can be seen to play an active role in Hungary’s ongoing authoritarian turn.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Fomenting Political Violence |
Subtitle of host publication | Fantasy, Language, Media, Action |
Editors | Steve Krügger, Barry Richards, Karl Figlio |
Place of Publication | UK |
Chapter | 10 |
Pages | 189-216 |
Number of pages | 27 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-97505-4 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2018 |