Jussi Metsälä
Biographic Data
| ID | 2442672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jussi Metsälä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jussi |
| FAMILY NAME | Metsälä |
| SIGNATURE | METSÄLÄ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Illiberal State to Christian Values
This article examines the problematic phenomenon of political naming through conceptual history. It is evident that illiberal is an ambiguous term and determining what it means is challenging, not to mention the political aspects of the name itself. We claim that naming is a political act par excellence and test our hypothesis by examining Viktor Orbán's Băile Tuşnad speeches between 2014 and 2019 and the annual State of the Nation speeches betwe…
Liberal Democracy and its Current Illiberal Critique
This article focuses on the challenge of illiberalism to democracy, even though the nature of this contestation is ambiguous. The illiberal critique of liberal democracy is contextualised using conceptual history and two major 'political credit ratings', namely the Democracy Index and theFreedom in the WorldReport. Empirically we concentrate on Hungarian politics, which we consider to be an example of soft authoritarianism, drawing on two key spe…
Highlights of national history? Constitutional memory and the preambles of post-communist constitutions
2020). Highlights of national history? Constitutional memory and the preambles of post-communist constitutions. European Politics and Society: Vol. 21, Contemporary Uses of the Past. Politics of Memory and Oblivion, pp. 323-340
Building on legacy and tradition
This article examines the political use of history as construction of traditions, concentrating on the identity building surrounding the National Day commemorating the Revolution of 1956 (23rd October) in Hungary. The study analyses public discourse, represented by Hungarian newspapers, related to the commemorations. Our discussion draws on three ideal types: 1996 (Hungary's new democracy), 2006 (renewal of historical conflict) and 2016 (legitimi…
Liberal Democracy and its Current Illiberal Critique
This article focuses on the challenge of illiberalism to democracy, even though the nature of this contestation is ambiguous. The illiberal critique of liberal democracy is contextualised using conceptual history and two major 'political credit ratings', namely the Democracy Index and theFreedom in the WorldReport. Empirically we concentrate on Hungarian politics, which we consider to be an example of soft authoritarianism, drawing on two key spe…
Highlights of national history? Constitutional memory and the preambles of post-communist constitutions
2020). Highlights of national history? Constitutional memory and the preambles of post-communist constitutions. European Politics and Society: Vol. 21, Contemporary Uses of the Past. Politics of Memory and Oblivion, pp. 323-340
Building on legacy and tradition
This article examines the political use of history as construction of traditions, concentrating on the identity building surrounding the National Day commemorating the Revolution of 1956 (23rd October) in Hungary. The study analyses public discourse, represented by Hungarian newspapers, related to the commemorations. Our discussion draws on three ideal types: 1996 (Hungary's new democracy), 2006 (renewal of historical conflict) and 2016 (legitimi…
Highlights of national history? Constitutional memory and the preambles of post-communist constitutions
2020). Highlights of national history? Constitutional memory and the preambles of post-communist constitutions. European Politics and Society: Vol. 21, Contemporary Uses of the Past. Politics of Memory and Oblivion, pp. 323-340
Liberal Democracy and its Current Illiberal Critique
This article focuses on the challenge of illiberalism to democracy, even though the nature of this contestation is ambiguous. The illiberal critique of liberal democracy is contextualised using conceptual history and two major 'political credit ratings', namely the Democracy Index and theFreedom in the WorldReport. Empirically we concentrate on Hungarian politics, which we consider to be an example of soft authoritarianism, drawing on two key spe…
From Illiberal State to Christian Values
This article examines the problematic phenomenon of political naming through conceptual history. It is evident that illiberal is an ambiguous term and determining what it means is challenging, not to mention the political aspects of the name itself. We claim that naming is a political act par excellence and test our hypothesis by examining Viktor Orbán's Băile Tuşnad speeches between 2014 and 2019 and the annual State of the Nation speeches betwe…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)