@book{MTMT:1479878, title = {National Narcissism. The intersection of the nationalist cult and gender in Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/1479878}, isbn = {3039107267}, author = {Weaver, Eric Beckett}, publisher = {Lang; Peter Lang Verlag; Peter Lang AG; Peter Lang GmbH; P.I.E.-Peter Lang; P. Lang Verlag}, unique-id = {1479878}, abstract = {National Narcissism offers a groundbreaking anthropological and sociological approach to nationalism through an exposé of the belief systems and psychology of extreme nationalists for whom nationalism is a form of religion. This theoretical approach is illustrated with examples primarily taken from Hungary, with a special focus in two chapters on the role of gender in nationalism. The state of politics and society in Hungary is also examined in a way that steps beyond the usual simplistic, flat narratives of 'what Hungarians are like', by stressing the broad variety of viewpoints current in Hungarian society, the milieu in which a small minority of extreme nationalists are able to make their voice heard out of proportion to their numbers or political support. The theory offered by National Narcissism has wide-ranging implications for the future study of extremist nationalism in nation-states throughout the world. Sociologists, anthropologists, nationalism studies specialists, social-psychologists, and historians of the recent past in Hungary will find that this theoretical book, richly illustrated with examples from Hungarian society, challenges positive and negative stereotypes about nationalism, extremism, post-communism, central and eastern Europe, the European Union and, not least, about Hungarians themselves.}, year = {2006}, orcid-numbers = {Weaver, Eric Beckett/0000-0001-9719-5040} }