Pavel Barša: Understanding the Illiberal Turn in Central Europe

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Vienna Humanities Festival 2019
Pavel Barša in conversation with Ludger Hagedorn
September 29, Wien Museum

How could it be that Central Europe, the region that birthed the anti-communist liberal utopia of the 1970s and 80s, has turned illiberal, anti-immigrant and nationalistic today? Is this a paradox or an outcome of the very same ideology that fueled the anti-­totalitarian movement? Renowned Czech political scientist Pavel Barša finds the roots of today’s anti-universalist turn in Central Europe in the very liberal ideology that brought about the velvet revolutions. In a conversation with IWM Permanent Fellow Ludger Hagedorn, he explains his provocative thesis.
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