https://m2.mtmt.hu/ hun 2026-10-23 16:50 JournalArticle 37482665 APPROVED true 0 false 2026-10-11T16:57:48.887+0000 2026-09-17T07:32:25.680+0000 2026-08-28T12:30:37.929+0000 true 10061855 Benedek István /api/author/10061855 Author Benedek István (politikai tudományok) true 10061855 2026-09-17T07:32:25.984+0000 2026-09-17T07:32:25.984+0000 true false true 24 24 /api/publicationtype/24 PublicationType Folyóiratcikk 1 true 24 JournalArticle true 10000059 Article true 24 24 /api/publicationtype/24 PublicationType Folyóiratcikk 1 true 24 JournalArticle /api/subtype/10000059 Szakcikk SubType Szakcikk (Folyóiratcikk) 101 true 10000059 true 1 /api/category/1 Category Tudományos true 1 Benedek, István true false /api/journal/10083420 REVIEWED JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 2573-9638 2573-9646 true false 10083420 true 10083420 true 2573-9638 2573-9646 Journal FOREIGN 0 0 1 1 2026 This article revisits the collapse of the Weimar Republic through contemporary polarization theory. It does not offer a new archival explanation but uses a well-studied historical case to clarify how ideological and affective divisions can escalate into pernicious polarization and the collapse of democratic trust. The argument is that Weimar was not doomed by polarization alone. Social-moral cleavages, segmented publics, economic anxieties, political violence and status fears became democratically destructive when political actors transformed them into antagonistic camps that increasingly ceased to recognize opponents as legitimate participants in a shared political order. The article makes three contributions. First, it clarifies the relationship between ideological, affective, pernicious and democratic polarization. Second, it interprets the Nazi promise of Volksgemeinschaft as a strategy of exclusionary unity: National Socialism did not overcome polarization but reorganized it by redefining the political community against internal enemies. Third, it differentiates the mechanisms through which Nazi anti-pluralist mobilization, Communist sectarianism and conservative institutional bypass eroded mutual toleration, institutional restraint, coalition-building and the legitimacy of opposition. 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(2026) JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 2573-9638 2573-9646 0 0 p. 1<div class="JournalArticle Publication long-list"> <div class="authors"> <img title="Forrásközlemény" style="float: left" src="/frontend/resources/grid/publication-core-icon.png"> <img title="Idézőközlemény" style="float: left" src="/frontend/resources/grid/publication-citation-icon.png"> <div class="autype autype0"> <span class="author-name" mtid="10061855"><a href="/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=10061855" target="_blank">Benedek István (<span class="authorship-author-name">Benedek István</span> <span class="authorAux-mtmt"> politikai tudományok</span>) </a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="title"><a href="/gui2/?mode=browse&params=publication;37482665" target="_blank">Lessons in division and unity: the Weimar Republic as a historical case of pernicious polarization and the collapse of democratic trust</a></div> <div> <span class="journal-title">JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE</span> <span class="journal-issn">(<a target="_blank" href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2573-9638">2573-9638</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2573-9646">2573-9646</a>)</span>: <span class="journal-volume">0</span> <span class="journal-issue">0</span> <span class="page"> p. 1. </span> <span class="year">(2026)</span> </div> <div class="pub-footer"> <span class="language" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html">Nyelv: Angol | </span> <span class="identifiers"> <span class="id identifier oa_PAY" title=" Fizetős "> <a style="color:black" title="10.1080/25739638.2026.2719475" target="_blank" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/25739638.2026.2719475"> DOI </a> </span> <span class="id identifier oa_EMBARGO_RESTRICTED" title=" Embargós korlátozott "> <a style="color:black" title="245487" target="_blank" href="https://real.mtak.hu/245487"> REAL </a> </span> <span class="id identifier oa_none" title="none"> <a style="color:black" title="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413761616_Lessons_in_division_and_unity_the_Weimar_Republic_as_a_historical_case_of_pernicious_polarization_and_the_collapse_of_democratic_trust" target="_blank" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413761616_Lessons_in_division_and_unity_the_Weimar_Republic_as_a_historical_case_of_pernicious_polarization_and_the_collapse_of_democratic_trust"> Egyéb URL </a> </span> <span class="id identifier oa_none" title="none"> <a style="color:black" title="https://politikatudomany.tk.elte.hu/uploads/files/Benedek_2026_Weimar_Lessons_in_division_and__unity_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf" target="_blank" href="https://politikatudomany.tk.elte.hu/uploads/files/Benedek_2026_Weimar_Lessons_in_division_and__unity_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf"> Egyéb URL </a> </span> </span> <OnlyViewableByAuthor><div class="ratings"> <div class="journal-subject">Folyóirat szakterülete: Scopus - Cultural Studies&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SJR indikátor:&nbsp;Q1</div> <div class="journal-subject">Folyóirat szakterülete: Scopus - History&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SJR indikátor:&nbsp;Q1</div> <div class="journal-subject">Folyóirat szakterülete: Scopus - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SJR indikátor:&nbsp;Q3</div> <div class="journal-subject">Folyóirat szakterülete: Scopus - Sociology and Political Science&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SJR indikátor:&nbsp;Q3</div> <div class="journal-subject">Politikatudományi Bizottság IXGJO PTB [1901-]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C nemzetközi</div> <div class="journal-subject">Gazdaságtudományi Doktori Minősítő Bizottság IXGJO GMB [1901-]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D nemzetközi</div> <div class="journal-subject">Szociológiai Tudományos Bizottság IXGJO SZTB [1901-]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D nemzetközi</div> </div></OnlyViewableByAuthor> <div class="publication-citation"> <a target="_blank" href="/api/publication?cond=citations.related;eq;37482665&sort=publishedYear,desc&sort=title"> Idézett közlemények száma: 2 </a> </div> <div class="mtid"><span class="long-pub-mtid">Közlemény: 37482665</span> | <span class="status-data status-APPROVED"> Nyilvános </span> Forrás Idéző | <span class="type-subtype">Folyóiratcikk ( Szakcikk ) </span> | <span class="pub-category">Tudományos</span> | <span class="publication-sourceOfData"></span> </div> <div class="lastModified">Utolsó módosítás: 2026.09.17. 09:32 Benedek István (politikai tudományok) </div> </div></div>