Miklós Bálint Tóth

From Ideology to Nostalgia (eBook, ePUB)

Excursions with Arthur Koestler and Sándor Márai

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Hungarian literary tradition teems with a myriad of works that can contribute significantly to our political knowledge. Politics and literature as an interdisciplinary focus pays little attention to the works of Hungarian authors. Based on this perception, From Ideology to Nostalgia: Excursions with Arthur Koestler and Sándor Márai intends to show that specific novels written by Hungarian authors have significant value from the perspective of political theory. Miklós Bálint Tóth examines works which provide a thorough understanding of problems related to the notion of political order. In three case studies, Tóth analyzes Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon, Sándor Márai's Ítélet Canudosban (Judgement in Canudos), and another novel by Márai's Szindbád hazamegy (Szindbád Goes Home), focusing on political phenomena such as ideological thought, the dynamics between order and rebellion, and nostalgia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666966367
• Artikelnr.: 74939170

Autorenporträt

Miklós Bálint Tóth is political scientist and research fellow of the School of Social Sciences and History at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Hungary.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Within Disciplines and Beyond: Concerning Theory and Methodology
Chapter 2 The Anatomy of Ideology
Chapter 3 The Possible Motives of Motiveless Rebellion
Chapter 4 There Is, There Used to Be, There No Longer Is: The Political
Quality of Nostalgia Conclusion