Imagined History: Chapters from Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Hungarian Symbolic Politics

Andràs Gero

This book perceives the modern nation as the product of secular religion. This belief defines national identity and gives rise to symbolic politics, exemplified by the Hungarian case with its European roots. The result, Gero argues, was an imagined history that did not reflect what really happened.

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About the Author

Andràs Gerö is professor of history and chair of the department of history at Budapest University, and professor of history at Central European University. His most recent work in English is Emperor Francis Joseph, King of the Hungarians

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