INDG 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Ostalgie, Jobbik, Flag Of Europe
9 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 25: NOSTALGIA AND ASPIRATION
JOBBIK: FAR RIGHT MEMORY POLITICS
far right in Hungary
this party is a nationalist anti-Semitics far right party
Horthy on liberty square 2013
temple on liberty square
it’s on church property, not public property
goes back to treaty of Trianon
the balint Homan affair 2015
they received money from government to put this statue up
real bottom up outright international opposition
a lot of people agitated against this
Obama brought it up in a meeting
this statue never did actually get put up
increasing amount of anti-Semitism in Hungary
v serious and symbolic clashes
WHAT IS NOSTALGIA
mourning for irreversible loss of the past
a longing for the past
sometimes involve effort to bring it back but not necessarily
fueled by dissatisfaction with the present
through modernization and juncture w our past, rapid change in modern societies, it increases a
fascination w the past
you can be nostalgic for a past that you never experienced
MODERN NOSTALGIA
Ostalgie: nostalgia for aspects of the east German cultural/societal past
scenes of Goodbye Lenin
an entire way of life vanishes with the fall of communism
to build psychological bridge, we experience nostalgia
OSTAGIE CONVENTIONS
culture of nostalgia is often commercialized
anti-nostalgia: we wanna look at the past but at the same time, we want to do that while not going
back to that system
THE DDR MUSEUM
u can experience the feel of the East
fascinating combination of real nostalgia
re construction of communist era
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Document Summary
Jobbik: far right memory politics far right in hungary this party is a nationalist anti-semitics far right party. Obama brought it up in a meeting this statue never did actually get put up increasing amount of anti-semitism in hungary v serious and symbolic clashes. Ostalgie: nostalgia for aspects of the east german cultural/societal past scenes of goodbye lenin an entire way of life vanishes with the fall of communism to build psychological bridge, we experience nostalgia. Ostagie conventions culture of nostalgia is often commercialized anti-nostalgia: we wanna look at the past but at the same time, we want to do that while not going back to that system. The ddr museum u can experience the feel of the east fascinating combination of real nostalgia re construction of communist era. Grutas park in lithuania reenactments of may 1st activities from the rime restaurant with foods from the time and traditional clothes v commercialized nostalgia.
