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Tratatul de la Trianon și mitologia politică revizionistă: abordări tradiționale și recente
The Trianon Treaty and revisionist political mythology. Traditional and recent approaches

Author(s): Florin Abraham
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Treaty of Trianon; revisionism; Romania; Hungary; historiography; ethnic minorities;

Summary/Abstract: The study aims to analyze the phenomenon of the Trianon Treaty (1920) from the perspective of its use as a subject of political mythology. The research is chronologically structured, the epistemic object being the identification of functions and the dynamics of the political myth. The main hypothesis of the author is that the revisionist mythology created around the Trianon Treaty had the essential function of preserving the social status quo in inter-war Hungary, respectively to offer an ideological legitimacy to an authoritarian government after 2010. In order to prove this hypothesis, the author first analyzes whether the conduct of the Paris Peace Conference justifies the accusation of "diktat", which is the basis of the political myth. Subsequently, the research presents the main elements of revisionist political mythology and how they were used by the Miklos Horthy regime. In the last part of the study, are presented the dynamics of revisionist mythology from the Cold War period to the time of the government of Viktor Orban. The conclusion of the research is that revisionist mythology has endangered peace and stability in Central Europe, has produced countless tragedies, so relationships based on realities, not ghosts are needed.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2019
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 9-39
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Romanian