Hungary’s Illiberal Polypore State

I would like to start with a quote from a member of the Lukács School, the philosopher Sándor Radnóti who described the political situation in Hungary by saying that “now Hungary is dancing on the forehead of the world” in his talk at Eötvös Collegium in Budapest on 7 May, 2012. The connotation is that Hungary would basically set an example for the rest of the countries— not only in Central Europe—but globally. This type of dance is a risky activity. This statement EPS Newsletter 18 Winter 2017 about Hungarian vangardism actually has two premises. One assumes there is a secret script of governance which is actually developed and copied by other countries, and the second assumes that there is a transfer of knowledge and even a transnational network discussing and working on the future of governance.