Hungary, 1956: The Role of the Tragic in the Construction of Central European National Identities • Ferenc Hörcher (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest)
Toy Lounge, Dey HallStarting out from the classic understanding of the tragic in ancient Greece, this talk will examine Milan Kundera's essay "The Tragedy of Central Europe" published in 1984 alongside an episode in the political career of Hungarian political theorist István Bibó. … Read more