The Places of Memory in a Square of Monuments: Conceptions of Past, Freedom and History at Szabadság Tér

In this paper I try to approach contemporary Hungarian political culture through an analysis of the history of changing monuments at Szabadság Tér in Budapest. The paper has as its point of origin a protest/irredentist monument facing the present Soviet liberation monument. In order to understand th...

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Main Author: Erik Thorstensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2012-01-01
Series:Hungarian Cultural Studies
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Online Access:http://ahea.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ahea/article/view/71