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Slavic Review, 2004

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Satelliten nach Stalins Tod, 2000

Hungarian Studies, 2006

The aim of this paper is not to provide a biographical sketch of the two politicians. There is no... more The aim of this paper is not to provide a biographical sketch of the two politicians. There is no doubt that the two persons shaped, in one way or another, the history of Hungary in the second half of the short twentieth century. Though they had worked together __

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 1997

Imre Nagy is remembered above all as the prime minister of Hungary who remained true to his decis... more Imre Nagy is remembered above all as the prime minister of Hungary who remained true to his decisions during the revolution of October‐November 1956. This was a course of action which led, ultimately, to his death on the gallows. This heroic image was only enhanced by the solemn re‐interment of his remains on 16 June 1989, which was symbolic of the recent democratic transformation of Hungary. In addition, his name is connected with the ‘thaw’ in 1953 that followed the darkest years of Stalin's regime in the Soviet Union, when Nagy served as the prime minister of the ‘New Course’ government in Hungary.

Europe-Asia Studies, 2006

This contribution examines the place of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the wider context of wor... more This contribution examines the place of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the wider context of world and European history, and explores its place in time, in alternative characterisations of the twentieth century and the changing character of revolutionary change. Its significance can be understood in several ways: as the greatest single attempt to challenge the Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe in the post-war period; as an early reflection of the contradictions and instability of the Soviet communist system; as the context that enabled the introduction of what was perhaps the most viable form of a reformed version of the Soviet-type system under the Kádár regime; and as the subject of a still unfinished contest over the legacy and historical memory of the revolution.

Contemporary European History, 1997

Imre Nagy, Prime Minister during the Hungarian revolution of 1956, was above all a politician. In... more Imre Nagy, Prime Minister during the Hungarian revolution of 1956, was above all a politician. In his frame of mind, his mentality and his actions, he largely conformed to the archetype of a ‘functionary’ that typified leading figures in the Communist movement at the time. The two main features of this mentality were belief in the infallibility of the Communist Party, and belief in the role, mission and vocation of the Party and its functionaries to redeem the world, according to András Hegedüs (member of the Hungarian Politburo 1951–6, and Prime Minister 1955–6 and a dissident sociologist in the 1960s). Another important trait of functionaries in East-central Europe was to see themselves as local representatives of a worldwide Soviet empire, not just of the Party. Although the life and personality of Nagy resembled this pattern, it departed from it in a number of ways that became dramatically manifest, most of all in his final years. One explanation for this departure lies in the ‘...

In Rainer M., János – Péteri, György (eds.): Muddling through in the long 1960s. Ideas and Everyd... more In Rainer M., János – Péteri, György (eds.): Muddling through in the long 1960s. Ideas and Everyday Life in High Politics and the Lower Classes of Communist Hungary. Budapest–Trondheim, 2005, 1956 Institute – Program on East European Cultures and Societies, 4-26. p.

In Tismaneanu, Vladimir (ed.), Stalinism Revisited The Establishment of Communist Regimes in Eas... more In Tismaneanu, Vladimir (ed.), Stalinism Revisited
The Establishment of Communist Regimes in East-Central Europe. Budapest, 2009, CEU Press, 231-254.
Paper begins by clarifying the meaning of two concepts in the context of this study: of Stalinism, and of Hungarian Stalinism. Then comes a word on three periods in the historiography of Hungarian Stalinism. The third part sets out to pinpoint the main historical problems raised by Hungarian Stalinism.