Authoritarianism & Philosophy: After Orbán’s Ouster, an Effort to Reopen the Lukács Archive (opens in new tab)

“Philosophers were the first targets of Orbán’s ‘culture war.’” That’s László Szücs (Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg), talking to Courthouse News Service about “the so-called ‘philosophers’ affair’: Orbán’s and his media’s first major anti-intellectual campaign.” It is “the saga of how the government slowly throttled an archive and research center inside the old apartment of György Lukács, a world-renowned Marxist philosopher from Budapest.” Szücs is part of the Lukács Archive Internatio...