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Rhetorics of Power—Can it Dress the Naked King, the Emperor Without Clothes?

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Traces of Violence and Freedom of Thought

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The article analyses the dynamics of Hungary’s backsliding democracy, the personality of an authoritarian leader who suggested that the lost election in 2002 was a ‘national tragedy’, and the regressive large group processes in Hungarian society. In transitional times, people look for strong leaders to strengthen their group identity and the leader can serve the group’s needs in a constructive or destructive way. If he is playing out his internal conflicts , he contributes to distorting reality . This is happening in Hungary as the worst problem-solving methods are reinforced: instead of personal achievements and autonomous thinking, loyalty to the leader is rewarded, making it difficult to work through historic traumas.

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  1. School of Public Policy at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

    Kinga Göncz

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  1. London, United Kingdom

    Lene Auestad

  2. School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Amal Treacher Kabesh

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Göncz, K. (2017). Rhetorics of Power—Can it Dress the Naked King, the Emperor Without Clothes?. In: Auestad, L., Treacher Kabesh, A. (eds) Traces of Violence and Freedom of Thought. Studies in the Psychosocial. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57502-9_7

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