Kun voimalaitos kelpasi nähtävyydeksi

2021

Arvio teoksesta Sutinen, Ville-Juhani. Neukkuturismi. Neuvostoliiton matkailun historia. Tampere: Vastapaino. 2020. 463 s. ISBN 978-951-768-817-8. nonPeerReviewed

Redescribing the Nation : Anti-Semitism as a tool of nation-building in the Hungarian Numerus Clausus debates, 1920-1928

2018

Abstract Boosting national spirit through projection of otherness is not a new phenomenon, at least in authoritarian regimes. Yet the role of anti-Semitism in the Numerus Clausus debates in the Hungarian parliament in 1920 and 1928 is worth deeper analysis, as it bore a peculiar role in the Hungarian interwar counterrevolutionary nation-building. The Numerus Clausus law of 1920 set ethnic quotas to university enrolment; the explicit argument for this was countering the Jewish ‘over-representation’ in Hungarian society. However, in 1928 the law was amended, abolishing (in principle) the said quotas; this time the arguments favoured national consolidation, where segregation was to be moderate…

The use and abuse of parliamentary concepts in Hungarian parliamentary debates, 1920–27

2020

During and after the First World War, discourses calling for constitutional reform pervaded Europe. The break-up of the continental empires, the emergence of the new nation-states, and the western calls for democratization collectively gave rise to transnational debates about parliamentarization and parliamentary government. However, in the diverse and contingent post-war political environment, at the same time these ideals were given profoundly nation-specific meanings. They were implemented in the process of nation-building in equally diverse national contexts. This article analyses the use and abuse of the parliamentary concepts and their vernacular redescriptions in Hungarian parliament…

Vallan ja vakauden kieli : poliittisen eliitin puhetavat ja argumentit István Bethlenin ja Miklós Horthyn Unkarissa 1919-1928

2012

Tutkielma käsittelee poliittisen eliitin puheiden retorisia keinoja Unkarissa vuosina 1919–1928. Valtionhoitaja Miklós Horthyn ja pääministeri István Bethlenin vallan perusta oli kansallismielis-konservatiivinen aatemaailma ja demokratiaa rajoittava poliittinen järjestelmä, jossa kuitenkin käytiin aktiivista poliittista debattia. Tutkimuskysymys on, millaista poliittista retoriikkaa tuon järjestelmän piirissä harjoitettiin ja miten se legitimoi olemassaolonsa ja monessa mielessä epämodernit ratkaisunsa. Metodisesti tutkimus rakentuu poliittisen retoriikan tutkimuksen ja käsitehistorian perinteelle, kuten Quentin Skinnerin puheakti- ja paradiastole-teorioihin sekä Kari Palosen politiikkakäsi…

Unkarilaisen historiapolitiikan liepeillä

2022

Arvio teoksesta Barta, Róbert, Róbert Kerepeszki, Krzysztof Kania & Ádam Novák eds. Trianon 1920–2020. Some Aspects of the Hungarian Peace Treaty of 1920. University of Debrecen. 2021. 254 s. ISBN 978-963-490-129-9. nonPeerReviewed

Onko Unkari historiansa vanki?

2019