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The Culture of Distrust: On the Hungarian National Habitus
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Abstract The Hungarian national habitus is reconstructed on the basis of studying some persistently recurring structural configurations and behavioural patterns that govern everyday life from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. My main thesis is that while the structural weight of certain institutions and s... view more
The Hungarian national habitus is reconstructed on the basis of studying some persistently recurring structural configurations and behavioural patterns that govern everyday life from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. My main thesis is that while the structural weight of certain institutions and social groups of key importance (first of all towns and urban middle classes) is insignificant in Hungary in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern period, other social groups (nobility, gentry, peasantry) and social institutions (state, churches) are over-represented. Some pertinent structural homologies between three system-level changes in the 20th century (in 1919, 1945, 1990) are also pointed out. Finally, on the basis of several examples, the term “national culture of distrust” is introduced.... view less
Keywords
Elias, N.; aristocracy; historical development; habits; social class; group; behavioral disposition; Bourdieu, P.; urbanization; behavior pattern; resistance; bourgeoisie; class consciousness; Hungary; national identity; peasant
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Gentry; nobility; peasantry; urbanization deficit; passive resistance; emigration
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 129-152
Journal
Historical Social Research, 45 (2020) 1
Issue topic
Emotion, Authority, and National Character
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed