Progressivist gender-based activism as a means of social antagonism in Hungary through two case studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20318378 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dalma Feró (0000-0003-3252-6595, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, corresponding author), Orsolya Bajusz (0000-0002-8652-4168, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 177-193 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologija (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0318 • E-ISSN: 2406-0712 |
| Publisher | National Library of Serbia (PUBLISHER • RS) |
| DOI | 10.2298/soc1801177f |
| OpenAlex | W2799668988 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
The endorsing of ?progressive? issues is embedded in the imaginary of the East-West slope. It is especially issues defined more in terms of recognition than redistribution and framed in terms of individual tolerance that have become emphatic signifiers of ?progress?, ?Western?/?European? values, and thus the civilizational and moral hierarchy of the East-West slope. Aligning oneself with these issues (such as LGBT rights, liberal anti-racism, liberal feminism) on the periphery of Europe is a means of distinguishing oneself against the rest of the ?backward? country or region. As a strategy of raising one?s social status it is a tool of social antagonism. We look at two case studies from Hungary to analyse how progressivist narratives are enmeshed in self-colonization. We conduct discourse analysis to examine how self-appointed advocates activate the West-East hierarchy as they claim to morally elevate society, and how this progressivist narrative feeds a populist mobilization that increasingly uses ?gender? as a symbol for corrupting foreign forces. We argue that representing social issues such as women?s disadvantages as a matter of tolerance rather than as a deep-seated, structural, material issue serves as a mutual legitimating mechanism for the progressivist actors who accomplish it and the region?s position in the global world order
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |