An investigation into para-scientific imageries and esoteric nationalism around the cult of the Holy Crown of Hungary
This article examines the process of re-enchantment in Hungary through the para-scientific and esoteric nationalist interpretations of the cult of the Holy Crown. The process of esoteric and para-historical re-enchantment had already begun in the early 1980s, during the easing of the cultural policy...
| Subtitles: | ‘Re-enchantment’ and Religious Change in Former Socialist Europe |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2024
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| In: |
Religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 88-107 |
| Further subjects: | B
para-history
B Esotericism B esoteric nationalism B pseudo-history B Neo-paganism |
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| Summary: | This article examines the process of re-enchantment in Hungary through the para-scientific and esoteric nationalist interpretations of the cult of the Holy Crown. The process of esoteric and para-historical re-enchantment had already begun in the early 1980s, during the easing of the cultural policy of the Kádár regime (1956–1989). From the 1990s onwards, the Holy Crown became one of the mainsprings of esoteric and para-historical ideas, which gradually became increasingly popular in neo-Shamanist and neo-pagan circles, as well as in radical right-wing nationalist circles. At first, it was considered a counter-cultural movement, but since the third Orbán government (2010 – ) esoteric nationalism has enjoyed increasing visibility and government support. |
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| ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2023.2277021 |