Mozgóképes környezet az illiberális kulturális fordulat
Eastern European and Hungarian screen cultures after the illiberal cultural turn

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I aim to explore the intertwined aesthetic, ideological, and technological challenges that emerge at the intersection of post-socialism, post-colonialism, precarity, and illiberalism. Recent shifts in political strategies, platforms, and attitudes have prompted a growing body of social science research to investigate the connections between populism and popular media. These researches highlight how populist, often authoritarian political formations intersect with neoliberal digital platform dynamics, commonly referred to as platform imperialism and surveillance capitalism. I argue that one of the key sources of these challenges lies in the contradictory perceptions of institutional change and the limited academic and public engagement with these issues. To illustrate these dynamics, I will introduce three pop-cultural works: Blocade, The Informant, and The King. These works, in different ways, capture the tensions and contradictions surrounding the cultural memory of the regime change, and provide insight into the dilemmas posed by the intersections of post-socialist legacies and authoritarianism.

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