Polylingual Hungarian Nationalism in History and Historiography
Abstract: Central European historiography typically judges Hungarian nationalism harshly, associating it with chauvinism and ethnic intolerance. Yet non-Magyar citizens of Hungary cultivated alternate visions of polylingual “Hungarian nationalism.” What might be called the Hungar nemzet nationalism distinguished between “Hungarian” and “Magyar,” showed enthusiasm for Hungary, and sought to replace the monolingual “Magyar Political Nation” with […]