Bibó István életművének tudományos recepciója
The Scholarly Reception of István Bibó’s Work

Summary/Abstract: István Bibó (1911-1979) was one of the classics of 20th century democratic political thought and conduct, the symbol of an independent, democratic and free Hungary as opposed to the dictatorship restored after 1956 and of the political changes in 1989/90. His reception at the time – his rehabilitation, the exposition of the oppressive regime under his influence, his “naiveté” and his role as a political therapist – was based on political interpretation, and was more about the interpreters than the interpreted. In the past two decades this gradually receded, and the works of scholarly reception, philological and history-ofideas analyses and interpretations, came into being. His oeuvre has still not been incorporated into mainstream international scholarly discourse. This essay reviews the achievements of his Hungarian scholarly reception.

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