Most work packages of AUTHLIB have been studying the varieties of illiberalism in the contemporary context, but our team of historians conducting research under the Historical embedding work package also explores the ideational-historical contexts of illiberalism.
In November, the team organized a successful workshop to compare the legacies and ideological morphologies of illiberalism, authoritarianism, and populism. The event brought together experts from the seven countries studied by the project, including several members of the consortium and a broader network of researchers, to discuss the historical antecedents of illiberalism.
The presentations touching on examples from Austria, Czechia, France, and Hungary as well as comparative cases from Europe are now available to watch on AUTHLIB’s YouTube channel and below.
Opening remarks and introduction
Zsolt Enyedi, Central European University
Agrarian Populism, Ethno-populism, National Communism: Illiberal Legacies and Undercurrents in East Central Europe
Balázs Trencsényi, Central European University
Sorel and Sorelianism in 20th Century Anti-liberal and Anti-democratic Political Thought
Tommaso Giordani, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
The Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948) as an Illiberal Regime
Jaroslav Bílek, Charles University
“The Hungarians are not…” – The Roots of Orbánism in the Hungarian “Soil” – Historical Precursors and Intellectual Inspirations of the Contemporary Hungarian Illiberalism
Péter Csunderlik, CEU Democracy Institute
Austria: When Nationalism Meant Rejecting the Own Nation – The “Third Camp” and its Role for the FPÖ
Péter Techet, Institut für Donauraum und Mitteleuropa
Péter Techet’s article based on the presentation is also available on the AUTHLIB Blog HERE.
